Delmar's Standard Textbook of Electricity (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN: 9781285852706

Author: Stephen L. Herman

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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A carrier is a type of object which carries a particular thing from one point to another point. For instance, people use different vehicles from one place to another, and the vehicle carries those people and acts as a carrier.

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