ALL meanings of deferent
def·er·ent
D d - adjective deferent (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent 3
- noun deferent (in the Ptolemaic system) a circle centred on the earth around which the centre of the epicycle was thought to move 3
- abbreviation DEFERENT deferential 3
- adjective deferent carrying down or out 3
- adjective deferent of or relating to the vas deferens 3
- adjective deferent conveying away; efferent. 1
- adjective deferent of or relating to the vas deferens. 1
- noun deferent Astronomy. (in the Ptolemaic system) the circle around the earth in which a celestial body or the center of the epicycle of its orbit was thought to move. 1
- noun deferent Showing deference. 1
- noun deferent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) That which carries or conveys. 0
- noun deferent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (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. 0
- adjective deferent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Serving to carry; bearing. 0