deferents
Meaning of deferents
plural noun
(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.
late Middle English: from medieval Latin deferent- ‘carrying away’, from the verb deferre .
Information about deferents
- It is a name.
- The singular form of deferents is: deferent.
- Languages in which deferents is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of deferents
def-er-ents
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- deferents is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with deferents
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