deferent
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Synonyms: deferment, referent, deferens, deference, reverent, different, deterrent, decedent, afferent, efferent, determent
Antonyms: deferment, referent, deferens, deference, reverent, different, deterrent, decedent, afferent, efferent, determent
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Adjective
- Showing deference; deferential.
Noun
- A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
- 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.
- That which carries or conveys.
Adjective
- Serving to carry; bearing.
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