Definitions for deferent

deferent def·er·ent

Spelling: [def-er-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈdɛf ər ənt/

Deferent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in deferent (deeefnrt).

Definitions for deferent

noun

  1. 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.

adjective

  1. marked by or showing deference:
  2. conveying away; efferent.
  3. of or relating to the vas deferens.

Origin of deferent

First recorded in 1815-25; defer2 + -ent

Examples for deferent

Bucky gave him outwardly a deferent ear, but his alert mind and eyes were scanning the prisoners they saw.

The circle Dd, described by D, the centre of the epicycle, was called the deferent.

The man's tone was so earnest, and there was so deferent a look in his eyes, that the Princess recovered some of her courage.

The earth-centered circle in which this traveled round was called the "deferent."

But his eyes were not cold, and they regarded her with deferent though daring steadiness.

Corresponding to each planet there was supposed to be a circle called a deferent, which had the earth as its centre.

It is good to be glad one was not knifed, and to be deferent until more suitable occasion.

The moon moves on an epicycle centred on a second epicycle, itself centred on a deferent, excentric to the earth.

The English governor, deferent toward the creeds of his various subjects, presented them with the necessary wood.

Men do love to have girls appeal to their superior knowledge, and be admiring and deferent.

Word Value for deferent
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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