deferent
Meaning of deferent
adjective
another term for deferential.
early 19th century: from defer2 and deference.
noun
(in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy) the large circular orbit followed by the centre of the small epicycle in which a planet was thought to move.
late Middle English: from medieval Latin deferent- ‘carrying away’, from the verb deferre .
Information about deferent
- The plural form of deferent is: deferents.
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CatalanHyphenation of deferent
def-er-ent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- deferent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
deferent synonyms
Meaning deferential:
Words that rhyme with deferent
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