Engelsk substantiv: carrier |
1. | carrier (om person) someone whose employment involves carrying something |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The bonds were transmitted by carrier.
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | bearer, toter |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | traveler, traveller |
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2. | carrier (om gjenstand) a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business.
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | self-propelled vehicle |
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3. | carrier (om gjenstand) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, flattop |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | combat ship, war vessel, warship |
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| Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | arrester, arrester hook, flight deck, landing deck |
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4. | carrier (om masse eller substans) 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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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | chemical, chemical substance |
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5. | carrier (om gruppe) a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | common carrier |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | line |
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6. | carrier (om fenomen) a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | carrier wave |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave |
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7. | carrier (om person) a man who delivers the mail |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | letter carrier, mail carrier, mailman, postman |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman |
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8. | carrier (om person) a boy who delivers newspapers |
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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | newsboy |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | deliverer, delivery boy, deliveryman |
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9. | carrier (om person) (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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| Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | immune carrier |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | immune, transmitter, vector |
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| Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykk | Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary |
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| Overordnet kategori | medical specialty, medicine |
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10. | carrier (om gjenstand) a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like |
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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | rack |
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| Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bomb rack, luggage carrier, luggage rack, roof rack, ski rack |
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11. | carrier (om dyr) (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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| Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | being, organism |
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| Overordnet kategori | genetic science, genetics |
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