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Carrier

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA person or object that carries someone or something else.
"armored personnel carrier"
2.NounEllipsis of aircraft carrier. A starship designed to carry starfighters
3.NounA starship designed to carry starfighters
4.NounEllipsis of carrier bag.
5.NounA carrier pigeon.
6.NounA person or company in the business of shipping freight.
7.NounA signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.
8.NounA mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
9.NounA certified airline.
10.NounThat which drives or carries. A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. A movable piece in a planetary gear train.
11.NounA piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.
12.NounA spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
13.NounA movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
14.NounA movable piece in a planetary gear train.
15.NounPart of a differential gear assembly that holds gears and their bearings.
16.NounA catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.
17.NounA person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.
18.NounA charge carrier.
19.NounA liquid or gas used as a medium for another substance.
"Linseed oil is often used as the carrier for pigment in oil painting.; inert carrier gas"
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