carrier

[ kar-ee-er ]
/ ˈkær i ər /

noun

Origin of carrier

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at carry, -er1

OTHER WORDS FROM carrier

in·ter·car·ri·er, noun non·car·ri·er, noun su·per·car·ri·er, noun

British Dictionary definitions for carrier wave (1 of 3)

carrier wave

noun

radio a wave of fixed amplitude and frequency that is modulated in amplitude, frequency, or phase in order to carry a signal in radio transmission, etc See amplitude modulation, frequency modulation

British Dictionary definitions for carrier wave (2 of 3)

carrier
/ (ˈkærɪə) /

noun

British Dictionary definitions for carrier wave (3 of 3)

Carrier
/ (ˈkærɪə) /

noun

a member of an Athapaskan Native North American people of British Columbia

Medical definitions for carrier wave

carrier
[ kărē-ər ]

n.

A person or an animal that shows no symptoms of a disease but harbors the infectious agent of that disease and is capable of transmitting it to others.
A compound capable of transferring a hydrogen atom from one compound to another.
A quantity of naturally occurring element added to a minute amount of pure isotope, especially a radioactive one, to facilitate the chemical handling of the isotope.
An individual that carries, but does not express, a gene for a particular recessive trait, yet when mated with another carrier, can produce offspring that do.

Scientific definitions for carrier wave

carrier
[ kărē-ər ]

A person, animal, or plant that serves as a host for a pathogen and can transmit it to others, but is immune to it. Mosquitoes are carriers of malaria.
An organism that carries a gene for a trait but does not show the trait itself. Carriers can produce offspring that express the trait by mating with another carrier of the same gene. See more at recessive.