Definition of "deferent" in English

adjective

1. Showing deference; deferential.

noun

1. (anatomy) A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.

2. (historical, 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.

3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

adjective

1. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.