Look up: Anchorage

1. anchorage
   a term used by Barthes to describe the interaction of words and visual texts. A photograph, according to Barthes is polysemic (i.e. open to a range of possible meanings). Ordinarily text is added, perhaps in the form of a caption or an advertising slogan, to 'anchor' the meaning, to lead the reader ...
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2. anchorage
   [n] - a fee for anchoring 2. [n] - a city in south central Alaska 3. [n] - place for vessels to anchor 4. [n] - the act of anchoring
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3. Anchorage
   Provision of resistance to overturning. Resistance provided by foundations. (Anchor bolt mechanical link between structural frame and foundation.)
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4. Anchorage
   Series of dock landing ship [US]
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5. anchorage
   an essential piece of post-tensioning equipment cast into the concrete at the end of a tendon.It grips the tendon and transfers load from the steel to the concrete with the minimum of s lip. Category: Building industry • A place where a ship anchors or may anchor.An area set apart for an...
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6. anchorage
   Attachment, not necessarily adhesive in character; because the mechanism is not assumed the term ought to be more widely used.
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7. Anchorage
   An'chor·age noun 1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. 2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor. 3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship. 4. Something whi...
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8. Anchorage
   An'cho·rage noun Abode of an anchoret.
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9. anchorage
   <cell biology> Attachment, not necessarily adhesive in character, because the mechanism is not assumed the term ought to be more widely used. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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10. anchorage
    noun the act of anchoring
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11. anchorage
    anchorage ground noun place for vessels to anchor
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12. anchorage
    noun a fee for anchoring
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13. anchorage
    noun the condition of being secured to a base; `the plant needs a firm anchorage`; `the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family`
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14. anchorage
    a sheltered place near a coast with sufficient depth of water and a sea bottom below that will hold an anchor securely, so that a ship may lie still in that location for an extended period of time; usually marked on charts with a symbol resembling an anchor
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15. anchorage
    (ang´kәr-әj) fixation (def. 1), especially surgical fixation of a displaced viscus. in operative dentistry, fixation of fillings, or of artificial crowns or bridges. in orthodontics, the nature and degree of resistance to displacement offered by an anatomical unit when force is applied ...
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16. Anchorage
    • (n.) The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. • (n.) Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge. • (n.) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. • (n.) A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties....
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17. Anchorage
    city (municipality), south-central Alaska, U.S. Lying at the base of the Chugach Mountains, it is a port at the head of Cook Inlet (a bay of the ... [3 related articles]
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18. anchorage
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ang′kōr-ij Definitions: 1. Operative fixation of loose or prolapsed abdominal or pelvic organs. 2. The part to which anything is fastened. In dentistry, a tooth or an implanted tooth substitute with which a fixed or removable partial denture, crown, or restoratio...
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19. ANCHORAGE
    A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom
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20. anchorage
    
    • a fee for anchoring
    • a city in south central Alaska
    • place for vessels to anchor
    • the act of anchoring
    
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21. Anchorage
    The process of fastening a joist or joist girder to a masonry, concrete, or steel support by either bolting or welding.
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22. Anchorage
    A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.
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23. Anchorage
    Anchorage (ăng'kurij) , city (1990 pop. 226,338), Anchorage census div., S central Alaska, a port at the head of Cook Inlet; inc. 1920. It is the largest city in the state, the administrative and commercial heart of S central and W Alaska, one of the nation's key defense centers, and a vit...
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24. Anchorage
    Port and largest city in Alaska, at the head of Cook Inlet; population (2000 est) 260,300. It is an important centre of administration, communication, and commerce for much of central and western Alaska. Local industries include oil and gas extraction, tourism, and fish canning. The Anchorage area has been inhabited by aboriginal groups since a...
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25. anchorage
    A sheltered place suitable for anchoring. These day usually filled with moorings or marinas.
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