carrier

noun
/ˈkæɹi.ə/UK/ˈkaɹɪjə//ˈkæɹi.ɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English cariere, partly from carien + -ere, after Anglo-Norman carier, cariour, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman. By surface analysis, carry + -er.

  1. derived from carier,cariour
  2. inherited from cariere

Definitions

  1. A person or object that carries someone or something else.

    • armored personnel carrier
    • The air which is but […] a carrier of the sounds.
  2. A carrier pigeon.

  3. A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

    • The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
  4. + 12 more definitions
    1. A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

    2. A mobile network operator

      A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

    3. A certified airline.

      • Southwest, the nation’s largest domestic carrier, is installing seats with less cushion and thinner materials — a svelte model known in the business as “slim-line.”
    4. That which drives or carries.

    5. A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.

    6. A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to…

      A person or other organism that has a genetic trait, mutation or infection liable to cause a disease, but displays no symptoms.

    7. A charge carrier.

    8. A 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
    9. A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three…

      A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Canada. Sometimes considered to be three separate languages: Southern Carrier, Northern Carrier and Central Carrier.

    10. A surname.

    11. A small town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States

      A small town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; from the surname.

    12. Synonym of English Carrier.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at carrier. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at carrier. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at carrier

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA