car·ri·er (k r  - r)n. 1. One that transports or conveys: baggage carriers; a message carrier. 2. One, such as a person, business, or organization, that deals in the transport of passengers or goods. 3. A mechanism or device by which something is conveyed or conducted. 4. Medicine A person or an animal that shows no symptoms of a disease but harbors the infectious agent of that disease and is capable of transmitting it to others. 5. Genetics An individual that carries one gene for a particular recessive trait. A carrier does not express the trait but, when mated with another carrier, can produce offspring that do. 6. Electronics a. A carrier wave. b. A charge-carrying entity, especially an electron or a hole in a semiconductor. 7. An aircraft carrier. 8. An insurance or underwriting organization. 9. A telecommunications company. |
carrier [ˈkærɪə]
n
1. a person, thing, or organization employed to carry goods, passengers, etc.
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) 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
3. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol another name for vector [3]
4. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a person or animal that, without having any symptoms of a disease, is capable of transmitting it to others
5. (Physics / General Physics) Also called charge carrier Physics an electron, ion, or hole that carries the charge in a conductor or semiconductor
6. (Electronics) short for carrier wave
7. (Chemistry) Chem
a. the inert solid on which a dyestuff is adsorbed in forming a lake
b. a substance, such as kieselguhr or asbestos, used to support a catalyst
c. an inactive substance containing a radioisotope used in radioactive tracing
d. an inert gas used to transport the sample through a gas-chromatography column
e. a catalyst that effects the transfer of an atom or group from one molecule to another
8. (Military) See aircraft carrier
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) 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
10. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a US name for roof rack
Carrier [ˈkærɪə]
n
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia
| carrier (kr-r) 1. 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. 2. 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. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  carrier - someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" |
| 2. | carrier - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business" self-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion | |
| 3. |  carrier - a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landingsarrester, arrester hook - a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier flight deck, landing deck - the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway | |
| 4. | carrier - an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules | |
| 5. | carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" | |
| 6. | carrier - a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave - an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m | |
| 7. |  carrier - a man who delivers the mail | |
| 8. |  carrier - a boy who delivers newspapers | |
| 9. | carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques transmitter, vector - any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects" immune - a person who is immune to a particular infection | |
| 10. | carrier - a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like bomb rack - a device on an aircraft for carrying bombs luggage carrier - carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage luggage rack, roof rack - carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car rack - framework for holding objects ski rack - a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle | |
| 11. | carrier - (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
Translations
carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ]
A. N
1. (Comm) (= person) → transportista mf; (= company) → empresa f de transportes
2. (= airline) → aerotransportista m, aerolínea f
3. (Med) [of disease] → portador(a) m/f
4. (also aircraft carrier) → portaaviones m inv (also troop carrier) (Aer) → avión m de transporte de tropas (Naut) (= troopship) → barco m de transporte de tropas
5. (= basket etc) → portaequipajes m inv; (on cycle) → cesta f
6. (Brit) (also carrier bag) → bolsa f (de papel or plástico)
carrier [ˈkæriər] n
[goods] → transporteur m, camionneur m
[disease] → porteur/euse m/f
(also aircraft carrier) → porte-avions m inv
carrier
n
(= goods haulier) → Spediteur m, → Transportunternehmer m; (= passenger airline) → Fluggesellschaft f
(of disease) → Überträger m
(= luggage rack) → Gepäckträger m
(Brit: also carrier bag) → Tragetasche f, → Tragetüte f
carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ] n
carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ] n
a. (of goods, person) → corriere m; (company) → impresa di trasporti, vettore m
by carrier → per corriere
by carrier → per corriere
b. (Med) (of disease) → portatore/trice
c. (aircraft carrier) → portaerei f inv
carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ] n
a. (of goods, person) → corriere m; (company) → impresa di trasporti, vettore m
by carrier → per corriere
by carrier → per corriere
b. (Med) (of disease) → portatore/trice
c. (aircraft carrier) → portaerei f inv
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