| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| bulgaria | почтителен |
| Monikko | deferents |
| Komparatiivi | more deferent |
| Superlatiivi | most deferent |
(historical, 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.
The epicycles of the planets in orbit around Earth (Earth at the center). The path-line is the combined motion of the planet's orbit (deferent) around Earth and within the orbit itself (epicycle).