deferent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)
- Showing deference; deferential.
- (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Bodies deferent.
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Translations[edit]
Showing deference
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Noun[edit]
deferent (plural deferents)
- (anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
- (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
- (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
dēferent
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French déférent, from Latin deferens.
Adjective[edit]
deferent m or n (feminine singular deferentă, masculine plural deferenți, feminine and neuter plural deferente)
Declension[edit]
Declension of deferent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | deferent | deferentă | deferenți | deferente | ||
definite | deferentul | deferenta | deferenții | deferentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | deferent | deferente | deferenți | deferente | ||
definite | deferentului | deferentei | deferenților | deferentelor |
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