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US
/ˈkæɹiɝ, ˈkɛɹiɝ/
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[ UK /kˈæɹɪɐ/ ]
[ UK /kˈæɹɪɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
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someone whose employment involves carrying something
the bonds were transmitted by 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
- a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
- a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
- (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
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a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business - (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
- a boy who delivers newspapers
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
- a man who delivers the mail
How To Use carrier In A Sentence
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- The trend toward à la carte pricing - once the hallmark of no-frills, low-cost carriers - has in recent years been adopted by the legacy airlines, and will likely continue in 2009, as carriers try to boost what they call ancillary revenue. Latest News
- After putting its energy into the 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines, the Atlanta-based carrier plans to spend more than $2 billion through 2013 to lure travelers with new flat-bed seats, video on demand and upgraded facilities in hotly contested markets such as New York. Delta Refocuses
- Perhaps the answer to future nuclear plants is not the "humongous" plants the author is against, but to utilize the highly developed, reliable, and effecient nuclear plants found on our carriers and subs. Jimmy Seidita: Ten Things to Consider Before we Start Building Nuclear Plants in Illinois Again
- Then we detect and estimate the carrier frequency of negative SNR DS-SS Signal have done. Theoretic analysis and simulation prove the validity of the arithmetic.
- But the consumer magazine also noted that people rated the no-frills carriers slightly worse than two years ago.
- The hug a bub is a very secure carrier, (we hope to stock it in the new year) or the moby is a cheaper version. Born at Home
- We show that such a variational state is necessary for obtaining a superconducting condensation energy with reasonable magnitude and for the effective mass of the charge carriers not being too large.
- Later it wants to follow up with the heavy stuff: tanks, helicopters, anti-tank weapons and armored personnel carriers.
- In June another record will be set when five car carriers dock here - the most ever for any one month.
