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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 def·er·ent /ˈdɛfərənt, ˈdɛfrənt/
 (a.)傳送的,輸出的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 def·er·ent /ˈdɛfərənt, ˌɛrənt/ 形容詞
 導管,傳送的,輸送的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Def·er·ent a.  Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] “Bodies deferent.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Def·er·ent, n.
 1. That which carries or conveys.
    Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.   --Bacon.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 deferent
      adj : showing deference [syn: deferential, regardful]