For Carrier we have terms and definitions in 40 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Automotive, Canine, Carpet, Cell Phone, Cellular, Computer Technology, Employee Benefits, Environment, Family Health, GPS, Gaucher Disease, Gene Testing, Genetics, Genetics and Genealogy, Genome, HIV and AIDs, Ham Radio, Health Care, Health Insurance, Import Cars, Insurance, International Business, International Economics, Legislative Assembly, Logistics, Microbiology, Multimedia, Nursing Home Abuse, Ocean Marine, Pompe Disease, Rope, Science, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Supply Chain, Technology, Telco, Tradeshow, Exhibitor and Travel.

Carrier (Anthromorphemics)

A person who possesses a recessive allele in the heterozygous condition.

Carrier (Anthropology)

A person who possesses a recessive allele in the heterozygous condition.

Carrier (Automotive)

The insurance company that provides the insurance.

Carrier (Canine)

A dog who, though not showing any indication of being affected, carries a genetic defect or disease-causing organism that can be passed to other animals.

Carrier (Carpet)

1. A product added to a dye bath to promote the dyeing of hydrophobic man-made fibers and characterized by affinity for, and ability to swell, the fiber. 2. A person in apparent good health who carries a pathogenic microorganism (germ). 3. A moving holder for a package of yarn used on a braiding machine. 4. A term used to describe the tube or bobbin on which yarn is wound.

Carrier (Cell Phone)

The carrier is the company that provides wireless telecommunications services, using equipment, to transmit the frequencies upon which the cell phone calls, signals and data are carried.

Carrier (Cellular)

A company that provides telecommunications services.

Carrier (Computer Technology)

A reference signal used to activate a phone line to confirm a continuous frequency; used to indicate that two computers are ready to receive or transmit data via modems.

Carrier (Employee Benefits)

A commercial insurer, a government agency or a Blue Cross or Blue Shield plan that underwrites or administers programs that pay for health, life or other insurance services.

Carrier (Environment)

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.

Carrier (Family Health)

The insurance company that issues a policy.

Carrier (GPS)

A radio wave having at least one characteristic (e.g., frequency, amplitude, phase) that can be varied from a known reference value by modulation. In the case of GPS there are two transmitted carrier waves: (a) L1 at 1575.42MHz, (b) L2 at 1227.60MHz, modulated by the Navigation Message (both L1 and L2), the P-Code (both L1 and L2) and the C/A-Code (L1).

Carrier (Gaucher Disease)

A person who possesses at least one gene that may contribute to disease in offspring.

Carrier (Gene Testing)

A person who has a recessive mutated gene, together with its normal allele. Carriers do not usually develop disease but can pass the mutated gene on to their children.

Carrier (Genetics)

A person who possesses one copy of a mutant allele that can cause disease when paired with another mutant allele. Carriers do not have the disease they carry but can give the disease to a child if the other parent is also a carrier.

Carrier (Genetics and Genealogy)

An individual who possesses one copy of a mutant allele that causes disease only when two copies are present. Although the carrier (when the gene is recessive) is not affected by the disease, two carriers can produce a child who has the disease. DNA tests used in Genealogy by DNA do not test for any genes, or any other patterns or markers or indicators involved with diseases or inherited physical traits or characteristics.

Carrier (Genome)

An individual who possesses an unexpressed, recessive trait.

Carrier (HIV and AIDs)

A person who harbors an infectious disease (such as hepatitis) without any clinical signs of it and is a potential source of infection.

Carrier (Ham Radio)

A pure continuous radio emission at a fixed frequency, without modulation and without interruption. Several types of modulation can be applied to the carrier, See AM and FM. See URL - Modulation Modes

Carrier (Health Care)

An organization acting as an insurer for private plans or government programs.

Carrier (Health Insurance)

The insurance company or HMO offering a health plan.

Carrier (Import Cars)

A part that holds, positions, moves, or transports anther part or parts.

Carrier (Insurance)

An insurance company which "carries" the insurance. (The term "insurance company" or "insurer" are preferred because of the possible confusion of "carrier" with transportation terminology.)

Carrier (International Business)

An individual or entity that transports persons or goods for compensation under the contract of carriage.

Carrier (International Economics)

A firm that provides transportation of persons or goods.

Carrier (Legislative Assembly)

The representative or senator assigned by the committee chair to explain and speak in favor of a measure on the floor of the House or Senate and to answer questions about it. The carrier does not have to be a member of the committee in which the bill was heard. If, for example, a particular representative or senator is knowledgeable or interested in a bill’s issue, the committee chair, as a courtesy, might ask that member to carry the bill.

Carrier (Logistics)

Any person or entity who, in a contract of carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of carriage by rail, road, sea, air, inland waterway or by a combination of such modes.

Carrier (Microbiology)

A person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent without discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection.

Carrier (Multimedia)

A frequency that is modulated with data to be transmitted.

Carrier (Nursing Home Abuse)

A private company that enters into a contract with Medicare to pay a beneficiary's Medicare Part B (health care) bills.

Carrier (Ocean Marine)

The transporter of goods and merchandise, such as a railroad, trucker, airline, or steamship line.

Carrier (Pompe Disease)

An individual who does not display the symptoms of a disease, but carries the gene (or genes) for it. A carrier can transmit the disease by passing the abnormal gene (or genes) to offspring. Synonym of heterozygote.

Carrier (Rope)

Part of a cordage braiding machine that carries the group of yarns or the single yarn like a single strand through the braid as it is made. May also refer to that yarn or group of yarns.

Carrier (Science)

A bearer or transmitter of a causative agent of disease; especially one to which the carrier is immune

Carrier (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)

A person who has a germ or virus that can cause an STD, including HIV, even though they may have not signs or symptoms. A CARRIER can transmit the germ or virus to someone else through unprotected sex.

Carrier (Supply Chain)

A firm that transports goods or people via land, sea, or air.
Carrier Assets: Items that a carrier owns (technically or outright) to facilitate the services they provide.
Carrier Certificate and Release Order: Used to advise customs of the shipment's details. By means of this document, the carrier certifies that the firm or individual named in the certificate is the owner or consignee of the cargo.
Carrier Liability: A common carrier is liable for all shipment loss, damage, and delay with the exception of that caused by act of God, act of a public enemy, act of a public authority, act of the shipper, and the goods' inherent nature.

Carrier (Technology)

type of multiplexing equipment used to derive several channels from one communications link by combining signals on the basis of time or frequency division; a card cage used in an apparatus cabinet to contain multiple circuit packs; a company that carried telecommunications messages and private channels for a fee

Carrier (Telco)

A telecommunications provider which owns switch equipment.

Carrier (Tradeshow, Exhibitor)

A transportation line moving freight. Usually a van line, common carrier, rail line, or air carrier. Also see Common Carrier.

Carrier (Travel)

Company that transports passengers or freight.

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