Look up: carrier

1. Carrier
   A heterozygous individual having one recessive gene and one dominant gene for a given pair of genes (alleles). For example, an animal with one gene for polledness and one gene for horns will be polled but can produce horned offspring when mated to another animal carrying the gene for horns.
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2. Carrier
   A radio wave having at least one characteristic (e.g. frequency, amplitude, phase) that can be varied from a known reference value by modulation.
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3. Carrier
   The main frequency of a radio signal generated by a transmitter prior to application of any modulation.
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4. Carrier
   1.The inert liquid or solid material in a pesticide product that serves as a delivery vehicle for the active ingredient. Carriers do not have toxic properties of their own. 2. Any material or system that can facilitate the movement of a pollutant into the body or cells.
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5. Carrier
   An insurer; an underwriter of risk that finances health care. Also refers to any organization, which underwrites or administers life, health or other insurance programs. When an employer has a “self-insured� plan, the carrier (such as Aetna or Blue Cross) may not serve as carrier in this ...
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6. carrier
   An organism that bears an infectious agent internally but shows no marked symptoms of the disease caused by that agent.
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7. carrier
   A registered, licensed truck or rail company, which transports merchandise from one point to another. Also called a common carrier.
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8. Carrier
   (i) an inert material serving as diluent and vehicle for active ingredients of pesticides, usually in dusts
   (ii) organism harbouring a parasite without itself showing disease. The liquid or solid material added to a chemical compound to facilitate its application. (iii) an organism that bears an infectious agent internally but that shows no marked symptoms of the disease caused by that agent.
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9. carrier
   [n] - an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction 2. [n] - someone whose employment involves carrying something 3. [n] - a boy who delivers newspapers 4. [n] - a person who has...
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10. Carrier
    the party (usually an insurance company) that pays claims and collects premiums.
    Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/
    
    
11. Carrier
    (NETWORK GLOSSARY) A signal suitable for modulation by another signal containing information to be transmitted.
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12. Carrier
    the tone generated by a modem, on which data is carried
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13. Carrier
    A telephone company that provides phone lines.
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14. Carrier
    A person who has a recessive allele of a gene for a disorder and can pass it on to their children but who does not have the disorder themselves
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15. Carrier
    Sometimes used to refer to the liner materials of pressure sensitive labels.
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16. Carrier
    A carrier is a person or animal that spreads an organism that causes disease, but does not become ill themselves.
    Found on http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/hub.x
    
    
17. carrier
    a person that carries, but does not express, a gene for a particular recessive trait
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18. carrier
    a) (silviculture) any material, e.g. sawdust, that is intimately mixed with seed etc. to protect it in transit; b) (pest control) any substance, solid or liquid, that, when added to a chemical compound, facilitates its storage, carriage or application, by increasing the bulk Category: agriculture...
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19. Carrier
    Car'ri·er noun [ From Carry .] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. « The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. » 2. One who is employed, or makes it his busine...
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20. carrier
    1. <genetics, microbiology> An individual who does not display the symptoms of a disease, but harbors the pathogen which causes it, or has the gene (or genes) for it, and can transmit the disease to others either through interacting with other individuals, or by passing the disease-causing gen...
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21. carrier
    common carrier noun a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
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22. carrier
    noun (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
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23. carrier
    immune carrier noun (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
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24. carrier
    noun an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction
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25. carrier
    noun a boy who delivers newspapers
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