Search pro bowl 2012 roster Dictionary Definitions: Browse Alphabetically: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # random definition Definitions of Carrier [kr i r] Translate Carrier to – Select – Arabic Chinese Danish Dutch Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish Definition of ‘Carrier’ Random House Webster’s College Dictionary 1. (n.) carrier a person or thing that carries. 2. carrier a postal employee who delivers or collects mail . 3. carrier a person who delivers newspapers or magazines. 4. carrier an individual or company engaged in transporting passengers or goods pro bowl 2012 roster profit . 5. carrier an underwriter or insurer . 6. carrier a frame attached to a vehicle pro bowl 2012 roster carrying luggage or skis. 7. carrier an individual harboring specific pathogenic organisms who, though often immune to the agent harbored, may transmit the agent to others. 8. carrier an individual with an unexpressed recessive genetic trait . 9. carrier the bearer of a defective gene . 10. carrier Also called carrier wave. the radio wave whose amplitude, frequency, or phase is to be varied or modulated to transmit a signal . 11. carrier a mechanism by which something is carried or moved. 12. carrier a catalytic agent responsible pro bowl 2012 roster the transfer of an element or molecule from one compound to another. 13. carrier a usu. inactive substance that serves as a vehicle pro bowl 2012 roster an active substance . Etymology: (13501400) Definition of ‘Carrier’ Princeton’s WordNet 1. (noun) carrier, bearer, toter someone whose employment involves carrying something “the bonds were transmitted by carrier” 2. (noun) carrier a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something “refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business” 3. (noun) aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck pro bowl 2012 roster takeoffs and landings 4. (noun) carrier an inactive substance that is a vehicle pro bowl 2012 roster a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction 5. (noun) carrier, common carrier a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages 6. (noun) carrier wave, carrier a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal 7. (noun) mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier a man who delivers the mail 8. (noun) carrier, newsboy a boy who delivers newspapers 9. (noun) carrier, immune carrier (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others 10. (noun) carrier a rack attached to a vehicle; pro bowl 2012 roster carrying luggage or skis or the like 11. (noun) 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 Definition of ‘Carrier’ Webster Dictionary 1. (noun) Carrier one who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger 2. (noun) Carrier one who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods pro bowl 2012 roster others pro bowl 2012 roster hire; a porter; a teamster 3. (noun) Carrier that which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog . (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine . (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel ‘Carrier’ – Nearby Entries carrick bitt carrier carrier bag carrier electrophoresis carrier pigeon carrier wave carrion crow Citation: Add this definition to your bibliography MLA Chicago APA “Carrier.” Definitions.net . STANDS4 LLC, 2012. 29 January. 2012. http://www.definitions.net/definition/Carrier Alternative search options pro bowl 2012 roster ‘Carrier’ Search pro bowl 2012 roster Synonyms pro bowl 2012 roster ‘Carrier’ Quotes containing the term ‘Carrier’ Search pro bowl 2012 roster Phrases containing the term ‘Carrier’ Search pro bowl 2012 roster Abbreviations containing the term ‘Carrier’ Search pro bowl 2012 roster ‘Carrier’ on & What rhymes with ‘Carrier’? NEW: Search pro bowl 2012 roster Song lyrics containing the word ‘Carrier’ Definitions.net | Login | Add New Abbreviation | Your List | Tools | Become an Editor | Tell a Friend | Awards | Testimonials | Press | News | Forum new! | APIs | About Copyright 2001-2011 STANDS4 LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Contact Us
