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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
- But the consumer magazine also noted that people rated the no-frills carriers slightly worse than two years ago.
- 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
- 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.
- China should build its own first carrier by 2010 and equip it with imported fighters.
- In this course will be considered diphtheria, small-pox, the insect carriers of disease, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and uncinariasis. The University of Virginia Record