English Dictionary

deferent

/ˈdɛfəɹənt/

noun

(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one. / (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

The deferent duct carries sperm from the testes to the urethra.

意味（1）

(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.

意味（2）

(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

意味（3）

(obsolete, 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.