carrier
Definitions
General English
General Science
- noun someone who has an infectious disease without showing symptoms, who may then infect other people
- noun a healthy person who carries a genetic variation that causes a hereditary disease, e.g. haemophilia
- noun a neutral substance to which an active ingredient is added
Agriculture
- noun an organism that carries disease and infects other organisms, e.g. an insect that transmits the parasite causing malaria
Aviation
- noun a person or organisation that carries people or goods from one place to another
- noun a frame or bag in which objects can be carried
Commerce
- noun a vehicle or ship that transports goods
Economics
- A firm that provides transportation of persons or goods.
Law
- noun a person or company which takes goods from one place to another
- noun a company that conveys telecommunications messages
- noun a high frequency electromagnetic wave that is modulated to carry a signal in radio or television transmission
Medical
- noun a person who carries bacteria of a disease in his or her body and who can transmit the disease to others without showing any signs of being infected with it
- noun a healthy person who carries a chromosome variation that gives rise to a hereditary disease such as haemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Military
- noun a person or thing which carries something
Publishing
- noun a substance that holds the ink for photocopying or printing processes
- noun a device that holds a section of microfilm
Travel
- noun a company that transports goods or passengers
- noun somebody who carries the bacteria of a disease in their body and who can transmit the disease to others without showing any sign of it themselves
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