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Deferent

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Lat. deferens, bearing down), in ancient astronomy, the mean orbit of a planet, which carried the epicycle in which the planet revolved. It is now known to correspond to the actual orbit of the planet round the sun.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Deferent'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​d/deferent.html. 1910.
 
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