(1) On the epicycle-deferent model, the planet P moves along an epicyclic circle, the centre of which moves along a deferent circle around the earth.(2) By adjusting the sizes of the epicycle and the deferent, and the speeds with which the planet moves on the epicycle and the epicycle moves on the deferent , the planet will occasionally exhibit retrograde motion.(3) And if I weren't deferent to Ross's advice, I would never have purchased Beethoven's Symphony #3 u2018Eroicau2019 or attempted Puccini's Tosca, both of which I have on my desk now.(4) It wasn't so much obsequious as deferent , something that was most unusual in a politician.(5) As they give up power during adolescence and become more socially deferent , young women may become particularly susceptible to the influence of male peers in substance use initiation, maintenance, and relapse.(6) u2018Andu2026 I will be properly deferent ,u2019 she added with a laugh.(7) Those who gravitate to leadership or executive roles probably carry a dependency model of authority relationships, know how to manage upwards and expect those over whom they hold authority to be respectful and deferent .(8) It was Ptolemy's mathematical tricks of deferent and epicycle which Copernicus modified to his own mathematical model.(9) Witnesses to the inquiry are deferent toward Hutton, seemingly confirming his authority and wisdom.(10) Research on primates reveals that when resources are centrally located, the primate troupe will organize itself hierarchically, with an alpha male taking the leadership and the rest of the troupe deferent to that leadership.(11) What matters is who you are deferent to and how deferent you remain.(12) No, we will continue to queue and to offer our deferent thanks.(13) Bob Hoskins sheds his Cockney vowels for a Received Pronounciation accent and plays a white version of the butler in a popular comedy - highly deferent , highly different.(14) When the intricacies of epicycles, deferents and equants were explained to him Alfonso u2018the Wiseu2019 is said to have remarked that if the Almighty had consulted him on the matter, he would have recommended something a little simpleru2026(15) For example, each planet was said to move in its own small curve called an epicycle, while all the epicycles moved around the earth in larger circles called deferents .
