deferent
Showing polite submission
Deferent describes someone who shows respect and yields to another's judgment, wishes, or authority.
A deferent manner suggests humility and willingness to defer: She remained deferent to her mentors throughout her career.
In anatomy, deferent refers to vessels or ducts that carry something away, as in the vas deferens, which carries sperm.
The astronomical sense—a circle in the Ptolemaic system along which a planet's epicycle moves—is now purely historical.
Showing respectful consideration
- politeShowing good manners
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- obligingWilling to help others
compliant · accommodating · acquiescent · humble · meek · obedient · dutiful · subservient
Orbit upon an orbit
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
- geocentricTreating our planet as center
- celestial sphereImaginary dome of stars
- orbitCurved celestial path
planetary motion · Copernicus · Aristotelian · eccentric · Ptolemy · spheres · retrograde motion · cosmology
Sperm-transporting tube
- epididymisSperm storage and maturation site
- testicleSperm-producing male organ
- male reproductive systemSperm production and delivery organs
- urogenitalOf excretory-reproductive organs
andrology · vasectomy · spermatogenesis · prostate · fertility · infertility · gonad · scrotum
courteous
Showing respectful consideration
- politeShowing good manners
- yieldingBending under pressure
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
obliging · compliant · accommodating · acquiescent · humble · meek · obedient · dutiful · subservient · docile
epicycle
Orbit upon an orbit
- PtolemaicEarth-centered astronomical system
- geocentricTreating our planet as center
- celestial sphereImaginary dome of stars
orbit · planetary motion · Copernicus · Aristotelian · eccentric · Ptolemy · spheres · retrograde motion · cosmology
vas deferens
Sperm-transporting tube
- epididymisSperm storage and maturation site
- testicleSperm-producing male organ
- male reproductive systemSperm production and delivery organs
urogenital · andrology · vasectomy · spermatogenesis · prostate · fertility · infertility · gonad · scrotum · ejaculation
- ancient astronomyepicycles, stars, celestial sphere, geocentric, retrograde motion
- Medieval Sciencealchemy, astrology, astronomy, natural philosophy, scholasticism
- Ptolemy's workgeocentric model, epicycles, Ptolemaic system, star catalog, planetary motion
- cosmic modelsorrery, planetarium, solar system model, celestial sphere, armillary sphere
deferentdisrespectful
Showing lack of regard
insolent · irreverent · contemptuous · impudent · rude
deferentdomineering
Aggressively asserting control
assertive · imperious · overbearing · bossy · commanding