Deferent
Pronunciation : Def"er*ent
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]
Definition : Defn: Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Def"er*ent
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. That which carries or conveys. Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.
2. (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913