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Carrier
ˈkariə
- a person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something
"water carriers"
- a carrier bag
"a plastic carrier"
- a person or company that undertakes the professional conveyance of goods or people
"the instruments can be sent by carrier"
- a vessel or vehicle for transporting goods in bulk
"the largest timber carrier ever to dock at Sharpness"
- an aircraft carrier
"aircraft from the carrier Illustrious attacked the Italian fleet"
- a company that provides facilities for conveying telecommunications messages
"Japan's biggest international telecoms carrier is Singapore Telecom"
- a person or animal that transmits a disease-causing organism to others, especially without themselves displaying symptoms
"the badger is a carrier of bovine tuberculosis"
- an individual that possesses a particular gene, especially as a single copy whose effect is masked by a dominant allele, so that the associated characteristic (such as a hereditary disease) is not displayed but may be passed to offspring
"the husband and wife may both be carriers of the same recessive gene, with a 25% chance of a diseased child"
- a substance used to support or convey another substance such as a pigment, catalyst, or radioactive material
- a molecule that transfers a specified molecule or ion within the body, especially across a cell membrane