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語源 1

From defer and deference; see -ent.

形容詞

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

1. Showing deference; deferential.

派生語

• deferently

関連する語

• deferential

語源 2

From 中期英語 defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

名詞

deferent (plural deferents)

1. (anatomy) A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
2. (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.

   Coordinate term: epicycle

3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

形容詞

deferent (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Bodies deferent.

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