Associations to the word «Deferent»
Noun
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Wiktionary
DEFERENT, adjective. Showing deference.
DEFERENT, adjective. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
DEFERENT, noun. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
DEFERENT, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
DEFERENT, adjective. Showing deference.
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.