Anchor (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Anchor may refer to:
Devices
- AnchorAnchorAn anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα .Anchors can either be temporary or permanent...
, a device that attaches to the sea bottom to prevent a boat from drifting - Anchor boltAnchor boltAn anchor bolt is used to attach objects or structures to concrete. There are many types of anchor bolts, consisting of designs that are mostly proprietary to the manufacturing companies. All consist of a threaded end, to which a nut and washer can be attached for the external load...
, to attach objects or structures to concrete - Anchor (climbing)Anchor (climbing)In rock climbing, an anchor can be any way of attaching the climber, the rope, or a load to rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building by either permanent or temporary means...
, used in rock climbing - Anchor plateAnchor plateAn anchor plate or wall washer is a large plate or washer connected to a tie rod or bolt. Anchor plates are used on exterior walls of masonry buildings, for structural reinforcement. Being visible, many anchor plates are made in a style that is decorative.One popular style is the star anchor—an...
, to strengthen buildings - Microdermal anchorMicrodermal implantsMicrodermal implants are a form of body modification which gives the aesthetic appearance of a transdermal implant, but without the complications of the much more complicated surgery associated with transdermal implants....
, body modification - Screw anchorScrew anchorA screw anchor or wall plug is a fastener that can attach one object to another in situations where screws, nails, adhesives, or other simple fasteners are either impractical or ineffective...
, to secure a screw in a brittle material - Sea anchorSea anchorA sea anchor, is a device external to the boat, attached to the bow used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather. It anchors not to the sea floor but to the water itself, as a kind of brake. Sea anchors are known by a number of names, such as drift anchor, drift sock, para-anchor, and boat brakes...
, to slow the drift of a vessel, when it cannot anchor to the bottom - Boat anchorBoat anchorIn amateur radio and computing, boat anchor is a slang term used to describe something obsolete, useless, and cumbersome - so-called because metaphorically its only productive use is to be thrown into the water as a boat mooring.-Hardware:...
, a colloquial term for outdated equipment
Companies
- Anchor Books, an imprint of Random House
- Anchor Brewing CompanyAnchor Brewing CompanyAnchor Brewing Company is an American alcoholic beverage producer, operating a brewery and distillery on Potrero Hill in San Francisco, California. The brewery was founded in 1896 and was purchased by Frederick Louis Maytag III, in 1965, saving it from closure. It moved to its current location in...
and its subsidiary, Anchor Distilling Co., an American alcoholic beverage producer - Anchor HockingAnchor HockingAnchor Hocking Glass Corporation is a manufacturer of glassware. The Hocking Glass Company was founded in 1905 by Isaac Jacob Collins. That company merged with the AnchorCap and Closure Corporations in 1937. Anchor Hocking is primarily located in Lancaster, Ohio...
Glass Company - Anchor Inc.Anchor Inc.Anchor Inc. is a Tokyo-based video game developer specializing in fighting and wrestling video games. The company was established in 1996 by Tekken team alumni Masahiro Onoguchi and his brother Kouichi Onoguchi. The company creates original video games and also designs 3D animation for other game...
, a video game developer - Anchor (brand), dairy products from New Zealand company FonterraFonterraFonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand multinational dairy co-operative owned by almost 10,500 New Zealand farmers. The company is responsible for approximately 30% of the world's dairy exports and with revenue exceeding NZ$19.87 billion, is New Zealand's largest company.- History :In...
, also known as Fernleaf - Anchor RecordsAnchor RecordsAnchor Records was a U.K.- based record label co-founded by Ian Ralfani and the American Broadcasting Company, which owned ABC Records in the United States, in 1974. ABC Records marketed Anchor albums in the USA, and Anchor Records issued many ABC albums in the United Kingdom as "ABC Records...
, a record label - Anchor Stone BlocksAnchor Stone BlocksAnchor Stone Blocks are stone building blocks made in Rudolstadt, Germany. They are so precisely cut and polished that they fit together perfectly. They are made in three colors in imitation of the red brick, tan limestone, and blue slate of European buildings...
, a brand of German stone blocks - Anchor TrustAnchor TrustAnchor is England’s largest not-for-profit housing association, providing housing, care and support to people over 55 years old. Registered as a charity, it is one of the largest in the UK, with a turnover of £286.5 million in 2009/10....
, housing and care provider for older people, UK
Places
- Anchor, IllinoisAnchor, IllinoisAnchor is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 146 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Anchor is located at ....
- Anchor, ShropshireAnchor, ShropshireAnchor is a remote hamlet in Shropshire, England, located at . The hamlet is the most westerly place in Shropshire.-Geography:Anchor lies only 400m away from the border with Wales. The B4368 road runs through the hamlet on its way between the towns of Clun to Newtown...
, a village in England - Anchor, TexasAnchor, TexasAnchor is an unincorporated area in central Brazoria County, Texas that formerly had a distinct community. The location of Snipe is at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 44 and Farm to Market Road 521, northwest of Angleton....
- Anchor IslandAnchor IslandAnchor Island is a island in Dusky Sound, Fiordland National Park in the Southland district of New Zealand. The island has an elevation of and is from the New Zealand mainland. It is now used by the Department of Conservation as a safe haven for endangered birds such as Tieke and the Kakapo....
, is an island in the Southland district of New Zealand - Anchor Island (Nunavut)Anchor Island (Nunavut)Anchor Island is an island located within Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada.Other islands in the vicinity include Duke of York Archipelago, Haodlon Island, Hatoayok Island, Hokagon Island, Kabviukvik Island, Kingak Island, Mangak Island, Nanortut...
, Canada - Anchor BanksideAnchor BanksideThe Anchor Bankside is a pub in London, situated on south bank of The Thames next to the London bridge station.-History:This pub is where diarist Samuel Pepys saw the Great Fire of London in 1666. He wrote that he took refuge in "a little alehouse on bankside ... and there watched the fire grow"...
, the London public house from which diarist Samuel Pepys saw the Great Fire of London in 1666
Human mind and behavior
- AnchoringAnchoringAnchoring or focalism is a cognitive bias that describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily, or "anchor," on one trait or piece of information when making decisions.-Background:...
, in psychology, sticking to a given reference point - Anchoring (NLP)Anchoring (NLP)Anchoring is a neuro-linguistic programming term for the process by which memory recall, state change or other responses become associated with some stimulus, in such a way that perception of the stimulus leads by reflex to the anchored response occurring...
, in neuro-linguistic programming, the process by which memory recall, state change or other responses become associated with (anchored to) some stimulus
Other
- Anchorman and anchorwoman, North American synonyms for a news presenterNews presenterA news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyAnchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, or simply Anchorman, is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. The film, which was also written by Ferrell and McKay, is a tongue-in-cheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the then-new Action News format...
, a 2004 comedy film - Anchor (album)Anchor (album)Anchor is the debut album of Trespassers William, released in 1999 on Sonikwire Records. The album is long out of print, but has found new life on iTunes, due to their exposure on The O.C. and One Tree Hill...
(1999), by Trespassers William - Anchor storeAnchor storeIn retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....
, a main tenant in a shopping mall - Anchor (relay), the competitor of the last leg in a relay race
- HTML anchor, the source and destination of a web hyperlink, specified by the HTML element
- Plot anchor or plot hook, a type of story-line plot devicePlot deviceA plot device is an object or character in a story whose sole purpose is to advance the plot of the story, or alternatively to overcome some difficulty in the plot....
or plot generator - Anchor babyAnchor baby"Anchor baby" is a pejorative term for a child born in the United States to immigrant parents, who, as an American citizen, supposedly can later facilitate immigration for relatives...
, an allegedly pejorative term used to refer to a child born in the United States to illegal immigrants or other non-citizens - Anchor BabyAnchor Baby (film)Anchor Baby is a Nigerian drama thriller film written, directed and produced by Lonzo Nzekwe and starring Omoni Oboli, Sam Sarpong and Terri Oliver. At the 2010 Harlem International Film Festival in New York, the film won the award for Best Film and Omoni Oboli, the main protagonist of the film,...
, a 2010 Nigerian drama film - Anchor ExchangeAnchor ExchangeAnchor Exchange was an underground, hardened telephone exchange built in Birmingham, England in the 1950s. It is located nominally on Newhall St....
an underground telephone exchange