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deferent (encz) | deferent,odvodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Deferent (gcide) | Deferent \Def"er*ent\, a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See
3d Defer.]
Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." --Bacon.
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Deferent (gcide) | Deferent \Def"er*ent\, n.
1. That which carries or conveys.
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Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.
--Bacon.
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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 (wn) | deferent
adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential,
regardful] |
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deferent (encz) | deferent,odvodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deferential (encz) | deferential,uctivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deferentially (encz) | deferentially,uctivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
undeferential (encz) | undeferential, adj: |
Deferential (gcide) | Deferential \Def`er*en"tial\, a. [See Deference.]
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
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Deferentially (gcide) | Deferentially \Def`er*en"tial*ly\, adv.
With deference.
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Vasa deferentia (gcide) | Vas \Vas\, n.; pl. Vasa. [L., a vessel. See Vase.] (Anat.)
A vessel; a duct.
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Vas deferens; pl. Vasa deferentia. [L. vas vessel +
deferens carrying down.] (Anat.) The excretory duct of a
testicle; a spermatic duct.
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deferent (wn) | deferent
adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential,
regardful] |
deferential (wn) | deferential
adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential,
regardful] |
deferentially (wn) | deferentially
adv 1: in a servile manner; "he always acts so deferentially
around his supervisor" [syn: deferentially,
submissively]
2: in a respectfully deferential manner; "he listened
deferentially" |
undeferential (wn) | undeferential
adj 1: not showing courteous respect |
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