def·er·ent /ˈdɛfərənt, ˈdɛfrənt/
(a.)傳送的,輸出的
def·er·ent /ˈdɛfərənt, ˌɛrənt/ 形容詞
導管,傳送的,輸送的
Def·er·ent a. Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] “Bodies deferent.”
Def·er·ent, n.
1. That which carries or conveys.
Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. --Bacon.
2. Ptolemaic Astron. 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.
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deferent
adj : showing deference [syn: deferential, regardful]