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Deferent meaning
Showing deference; deferential.
Synonyms of Deferent
Example sentences (3)
Each planet light is on a mount which rotates only about the central axis, and is aimed by a guide which is steered by a deferent and an epicycle (or whatever the planetarium maker calls them).
It may also be used in an external manner in stallions for evaluation of testicular condition and diameter as well as internally for reproductive evaluation (deferent duct etc.).
The planets were thought by Ptolemy to orbit Earth in deferent and epicycle motions.