Deferent Definition

dĕfər-ənt, dĕfrənt

adjective

Deferential.

Webster's New World

Showing deference; deferential.

American Heritage

Carrying down or away. Used of a duct or vessel.

American Heritage Medicine

Carrying down or out.

Webster's New World

Serving or adapted to carry or transport.

American Heritage Medicine

Synonyms:

noun

(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

Wiktionary

(obsolete, 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.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Deferent

Noun

Singular:

deferent

Plural:

deferents

Origin of Deferent

Middle English defferent from Latin dēferēns dēferent- present participle of dēferre to carry away defer²

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

From Wiktionary