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carrier
[kar-ee-er]
noun
a person or thing that carries.
an employee of the post office who carries mail.
a person who delivers newspapers, magazines, etc., on a particular route.
Transportation.
an individual or company, as a railroad or steamship line, engaged in transporting passengers or goods for profit.
Insurance.a company that acts or functions as an underwriter or insurer.
a frame, usually of metal, attached to a vehicle for carrying skis, luggage, etc., as on top of an automobile or station wagon; rack.
Immunology.an individual harboring specific pathogenic organisms who, though often immune to the agent harbored, may transmit the disease to others.
Genetics.
an individual possessing an unexpressed, recessive trait.
the bearer of a defective gene.
Also called carrier wave.Radio.the wave whose amplitude, frequency, or phase is to be varied or modulated to transmit a signal.
Machinery.a mechanism by which something is carried or moved.
Chemistry.a catalytic agent that brings about a transfer of an element or group of atoms from one compound to another.
Also called charge carrier.Physics.any of the mobile electrons or holes in a metal or semiconductor that enable it to conduct electrical charge.
Physical Chemistry.a usually inactive substance that acts as a vehicle for an active substance.
Painting.base.
carrier
1/ ˈæɪə /
noun
a person, thing, or organization employed to carry goods, passengers, etc
a mechanism by which something is carried or moved, such as a device for transmitting rotation from the faceplate of a lathe to the workpiece
pathol another name for vector
pathol a person or animal that, without having any symptoms of a disease, is capable of transmitting it to others
Also called: charge carrier.physics an electron, ion, or hole that carries the charge in a conductor or semiconductor
short for carrier wave
chem
the inert solid on which a dyestuff is adsorbed in forming a lake
a substance, such as kieselguhr or asbestos, used to support a catalyst
an inactive substance containing a radioisotope used in radioactive tracing
an inert gas used to transport the sample through a gas-chromatography column
a catalyst that effects the transfer of an atom or group from one molecule to another
See aircraft carrier
a breed of domestic fancy pigeon having a large walnut-shaped wattle over the beak; a distinct variety of pigeon from the homing or carrier pigeon See also carrier pigeon
a US name for roof rack
Carrier
2/ ˈæɪə /
noun
a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia
carrier
A person, animal, or plant that serves as a host for a pathogen and can transmit it to others, but is immune to it. Mosquitoes are carriers of malaria.
An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself. Carriers can produce offspring that express the trait by mating with another carrier of the same gene.
See more at recessive
Other Word Forms
- intercarrier noun
- noncarrier noun
- supercarrier noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The Indian government has ordered a high-level investigation into the incident and has ordered all Boeing 787s operated by local carriers to be inspected.
The low-cost carrier has struggled with rising supplier costs, high airport fees and increased competition from other airlines in the region.
They announced their arrival by blaring their truck sirens as their line of armored personnel carriers.
I stuffed him in the cat carrier and informed the girls he was going back to the no-kill adoption place where we had a lifetime return policy.
"He is a very good distributor, good link player, a ball carrier and he has got that kicking game too - a triple threat really," Ma'asi-White says of his former team-mate.
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