01 a. Serving to carry; bearing.
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Serving to carry; bearing.[R.]
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3 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Deferent
· Def·er·ent
· IPA /ˈdɛfəɹənt/
02 n. That which carries or conveys.
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That which carries or conveys.“Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.” — Bacon.
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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.(Ptolemaic Astron.)