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carr-, carri-; car-, cari-
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(Latin: quantity having magnitude and direction; carrier, bearer, conveyer; from the stem of vehere, "to carry, to convey, to cart")
(Greek: ovary, egg [literally, "egg-carrier"; extended to mean ovary])
(unaware that she was a carrier of a deadly disease)
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carrier frequency
The main frequency of a transmitter, or RFID reader; such as, 915 MHz. The frequency is then changed, or modulated, to transmit information.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions
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electron carrier
1. A protein; such as, flavoprotein or cytochrome, which can gain and lose electrons in either direction and can transport electrons from one compound to another compound or to oxygen.
2. A molecule that accepts electrons from electron donors and donates them to electron acceptors, creating an energy-producing electron transport chain; such as, that which occurs in respiration and photosynthesis.
3. A molecule associated with membrane-bound proteins that accepts and transfers electrons.
4. Any of various molecules that are capable of accepting one or two electrons from one molecule and donating them to another in the process of electron transport.
2. A molecule that accepts electrons from electron donors and donates them to electron acceptors, creating an energy-producing electron transport chain; such as, that which occurs in respiration and photosynthesis.
3. A molecule associated with membrane-bound proteins that accepts and transfers electrons.
4. Any of various molecules that are capable of accepting one or two electrons from one molecule and donating them to another in the process of electron transport.
As the electrons are transferred from one electron carrier to another carrier, their energy level decreases, and energy is released.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
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-tron, -tronic, -tronics +
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charge carrier
A free and mobile conduction electron or hole in a semiconductor.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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majority carrier
Current carriers (either free electrons or holes) that are in excess in a specific layer of a semiconductor material (electrons in the n-layer, holes in the p-layer) of a cell.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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minority carrier
A current carrier, either an electron or a hole, that is in the minority in a specific layer of a semiconductor material; the diffusion of minority carriers under the action of the cell junction voltage is the current in a photovoltaic device.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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minority carrier lifetime
The average time a minority carrier exists before recombination.
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Photovoltaic Conversion Efficiency Terms +
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