Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mathematics, the locus of the centers of circles of which a bicircular quartic is drawn as the envelop.
- Bearing off or away; carrying off; conveying away; specifically, in anatomy and physiology, efferent: opposed to afferent: as, the deferent duct of the testes.
- noun That which carries or conveys; a conductor.
- noun Specifically A vessel or duct in the human body for the conveyance of fluids.
- noun (also called the orbit), in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, a circle upon the circumference of which another circle was supposed to move, this second circle being called the epicycle, and carrying the body of the planet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which carries or conveys.
- noun (Ptolemaic Astron.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
- adjective rare Serving to carry; bearing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Showing
deference . - noun obsolete That which carries or conveys.
- noun obsolete An
imaginary circle surrounding theEarth , in whoseperiphery either theheavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body'sepicycle was supposed to be carried round.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing deference
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whatever it is, it’s recognizable by many in deferent ways that keeps them coming.
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It must be remembered that the apparent planetary motions are epicyclical, each planet revolving in its own orbit, the epicycle, around the sun, and with the sun, as centre of the epicycle, apparently around the earth in a common orbit, which is called the deferent orbit.
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I heard a deferent reason as well to the banning of pork.
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Meanwhile, Francine, the family's long-serving and eager-to-leave maid, finds her polite and deferent veneer punctured at the end of a lengthy and explosive conflict in which her husband Albert tries to intervene physically.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein: Clybourne Park Explores Other Side of Raisin in the Sun
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As I bent down it was like looking into a deferent dimension.
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LOL not much combat going on in 73. well overt combat,,, i know covert a deferent story.
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Meanwhile, Francine, the family's long-serving and eager-to-leave maid, finds her polite and deferent veneer punctured at the end of a lengthy and explosive conflict in which her husband Albert tries to intervene physically.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein: Clybourne Park Explores Other Side of Raisin in the Sun
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Meanwhile, Francine, the family's long-serving and eager-to-leave maid, finds her polite and deferent veneer punctured at the end of a lengthy and explosive conflict in which her husband Albert tries to intervene physically.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein: Clybourne Park Explores Other Side of Raisin in the Sun
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Meanwhile, Francine, the family's long-serving and eager-to-leave maid, finds her polite and deferent veneer punctured at the end of a lengthy and explosive conflict in which her husband Albert tries to intervene physically.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein: Clybourne Park Explores Other Side of Raisin in the Sun
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Meanwhile, Francine, the family's long-serving and eager-to-leave maid, finds her polite and deferent veneer punctured at the end of a lengthy and explosive conflict in which her husband Albert tries to intervene physically.
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein: Clybourne Park Explores Other Side of Raisin in the Sun
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