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deferent1 adj another word for deferential deferent2 adj (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc., outwards, down, or away; efferent n
(Astronomy) Astronomy (in the Ptolemaic system) a circle centred on the earth around which the centre of the epicycle was thought to move [from Latin dēferre; see defer2] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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In astronomy, Cremonini repudiated not only Copernicus, but all mathematical innovations since Aristotle, rejecting even the epicycles and deferents of Ptolemy in favor of Aristotle's simple cosmology of homocentric spheres. Until recently, the bulk of education reform has resembled the Ptolemaic approach of piling equants on top of deferents on top of epicycles instead of seeking a new starting point, a new set of priorities that would ease the problem. |
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