When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Spawning (video games) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spawning_(video_games)

    All player characters typically spawn at the start of a round, whereas some objects or mobs may spawn after the occurrence of a particular event or delay. When a player character respawns, they generally do so in an earlier point of the level and get some kind of penalty.

  3. Earth anchor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_anchor

    Single helix earth anchors Guyed mast anchor. An earth anchor is a device designed to support structures, most commonly used in geotechnical and construction applications. Also known as a ground anchor, percussion driven earth anchor or mechanical anchor, it may be impact driven into the ground or run in spirally, depending on its design and intended force-resistance characteristics.

  4. Anchor portal - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_portal

    An anchor portal or H-frame tower is a gantry structure supporting overhead power lines in a switchyard. Their static function is similar to a dead-end tower . Anchor portals are almost always steel -tube or steel-framework constructions.

  5. Anchor escapement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_escapement

    Animation showing operation of an anchor escapement The anchor and escape wheel of a late 19th-century clock. The plate that normally holds the front end of the pinions has been removed for clarity. The pendulum is behind the back plate. In horology, the anchor escapement is a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks.

  6. Anchor (housing association) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_(Housing_Association)

    Anchor had been a charitable housing association registered as a society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, and one of the largest in the UK, with a turnover of £389.1 million in 2017/18. [2]: 4 Anchor's headquarters were in central London, with main offices located in Bradford. It employed more than 8,500 people ...

  7. Anchor - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor

    Auger anchors can be used to anchor permanent moorings, floating docks, fish farms, etc. These anchors, which have one or more slightly pitched self-drilling threads, must be screwed into the seabed with the use of a tool, so require access to the bottom, either at low tide or by use of a diver.

  8. Anchor handling tug supply vessel - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_handling_tug_supply...

    The machinery is specifically designed for anchor handling operations. They also have arrangements for quick anchor release, which is operable from the bridge or other normally crewed locations in direct communication with the bridge. The reference load used in the design and testing of the towing winch is twice the static bollard pull.

  9. Seaweed farming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed_farming

    Aerial view of seaweed farms in South Korea. Seaweed is an extractive crop that has little need for fertilisers or water, meaning that seaweed farms typically have a smaller environmental footprint than other agriculture or fed aquaculture. [16] [17] [18] Many of the impacts of seaweed farms, both positive and negative, remain understudied and ...