Found 2 items, similar to deferent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deferent deferent adj : showing deference [syn: deferential, regardful]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Deferent Deferent \Def"er*ent\, a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.] Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] “Bodies deferent.” --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Deferent \Def"er*ent\, n. 1. That which carries or conveys. [1913 Webster] Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]