carrier

car·ri·er  (kr-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.

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carrier

Noun

1. a person, vehicle, or organization that carries something: armoured personnel carriers

2. a person or animal that, without suffering from a disease, is capable of transmitting it to others

3. short for aircraft carrier

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	carrier - someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" bearer, toter traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
	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 landings aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop arrester, 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 combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war
	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 common carrier 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 carrier wave 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 letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman delivery boy, deliveryman, deliverer - someone employed to make deliveries
	8.	carrier - a boy who delivers newspapers newsboy delivery boy, deliveryman, deliverer - someone employed to make deliveries
	9.	carrier - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others immune carrier 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] n → transportista m/f;

(company) → empresa de transportes;

(MED) → portador(a) m/f

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carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ] n → transporteur m, camionneur m (= company); entreprise f de transport;

(Med) → porteur/euse;

(Naut) → porte-avions m inv

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carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ] n → Spediteur m, Transportunternehmer m;

(Med) → Überträger m

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carrier [ˈkærɪəʳ] n [of disease] → portatore/trice;

(COMM) → impresa di trasporti;

(NAUT) → portaerei f inv