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deferent
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[ˈdɛf(ə)r(ə)nt], (Adjective)
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early 19th century: from defer and deference
[ˈdɛf(ə)r(ə)nt], (Noun)
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- (in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy) the large circular orbit followed by the centre of the small epicycle in which a planet was thought to move
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late Middle English: from medieval Latin deferent- ‘carrying away’, from the verb deferre
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