If necessary, motoring slowly around the location of the anchor also helps dislodge it.

If there is much current, or the vessel is moving while dropping the anchor, it may " kite " or " skate " over the bottom due to the large fluke area acting as a sail or wing.

If the weight is suspended off the seabed it acts as a spring or shock absorber to dampen the sudden actions that are normally transmitted to the anchor and can cause it to dislodge and drag.

If the colonists are not immediately separated from the surface, they can anchor themselves more permanently using cell adhesion structures such as pili.

If you anchor one end of a ribbon or string and hold the other end in your hand, you can create transverse waves by moving your hand up and down.

If he were to implant his Copy into the TVC universe, have the copy run a number of experiments to anchor itself in that universe, and then terminate it, only to find himself still in the TVC universe ( indeed, the purpose of growing the TVC universe from a Garden of Eden configuration was to prove to his Copy that such a TVC universe as it found itself to inhabit must have been launched from a non-TVC universe, as opposed to merely having always existed and evolved towards this the current state in which he did not know whether it had ) rather than back in " the real world " again, then he would be vindicated ; if not, then his hypothesis would be falsified and he might consider himself crazy ( his last several experiences of termination and subsequent continuation involved him finding himself in the position of having been recently cured of psychosis ).

If the tendril comes into contact with an object for long enough it will usually curl around it, forming a strong anchor point for the pitcher.

If shortening the daisy chain when clipped in, in order to eliminate dangerous slack, a second carabiner should be used to connect to the anchor.

If the tail cannot be used for this it is considered only partially prehensile-such tails are often used to anchor an animal's body to dangle from a branch, or as an aid for climbing.

If a mutation occurs in this gene then PIGA may be defective, which leads to a defect in the GPI anchor.

If the route being climbed is a multi-pitch route the leader sets up a secure anchor system at the top of the pitch, also called a belay, from where s / he can belay as his / her partner climbs.

If McGee did not anchor on a broadcast, Chancellor did from New York ; if Brinkley did not, Chancellor filled in from Washington.

If the clock is moved without immobilising the pendulum, the uncontrolled swinging of the pendulum can cause the anchor pallets to collide violently with the escape wheel.

If it moves backward slightly after every tick, showing recoil, the clock has an anchor escapement.

If chromosome segregation happens correctly, each daughter cell receives a complete set of chromatids, and for this to happen each sister chromatid has to anchor ( through the corresponding kinetochore ) to MTs generated in opposed poles of the mitotic spindle.

If the framework was wooden, the wood's buoyancy kept the sea anchor just under the surface, while an iron framework used a buoy to keep it at the proper depth.

If there is no concern about breaking waves and the only reason the sea anchor is being used is to reduce drift from the wind, then you can use a short rode.

If the story breaks during daytime programming, the anchor will usually remind viewers that there will be or might be more details on their local news that day and a full wrap-up on the network's evening news program.

If the event occurs during prime time, the anchor will usually remind viewers that there will be more details on their late local news ( if applicable ) and on the network's breakfast news program the next morning.

If the anchor cable would not part, the mine and the paravane would be brought together and the mine would explode harmlessly against the paravane.

If a donkey was to be moved, one of its cables was attached to a tree, stump or other strong anchor, and the machine would drag itself overland to the next yarding location.

If Hambantota is developed into a world-class port, ships could anchor there to re-stock on food, water, fuel, etc.

If the retailer and hotelman's downtown unit sales have been decreasing, however, his dollar volume continues to rise, and it is dollars which you put in the bank.

If it continues indefinitely it is nearly a statistical certainty that a mistake will be made and that the devastation will begin ''.

If the score reaches 20-all, then the game continues until one side gains a two point lead ( such as 24 – 22 ), up to a maximum of 30 points ( 30 – 29 is a winning score ).

If the expansion of the Universe continues to accelerate, there is a future horizon as well.

If the completed instruction was a jump, the program counter will be modified to contain the address of the instruction that was jumped to, and program execution continues normally.

If the player either hits the ball through the correct hoop (" runs " the hoop ), or hits another ball ( a " roquet "), the turn continues.

If a nation continues on this path without resistance, Gini claimed the nation would enter a final decadent stage where the nation would degenerate as noted by decreasing birth rate, decreasing cultural output, and the lack of imperial conquest.

If volcanic activity continues, the centre of the caldera may be uplifted in the form of a resurgent dome such as is seen at Cerro Galán, Lake Toba, Yellowstone, and so on, by subsequent intrusion of magma.

If hypertonic therapy continues or is too rapid, the extracellular tonicity will continue to drive water out of the brain's cells, leading to cellular dysfunction and the condition of central pontine myelinolysis.

If the third layer is placed so that its atoms are directly above those of the first layer, the stacking will be ABA — this is the hcp structure, and it continues ABABABAB.

If the Flynn effect has ended in developed nations, then this may possibly allow national differences in IQ scores to diminish if the Flynn effect continues in nations with lower average national IQs.

If the entity responsible for printing a currency promotes excessive money printing, with other factors contributing a reinforcing effect, hyperinflation usually continues.

If this continues far enough, the working end passes into the knot and the knot unravels and fails.

If the input has no syntax errors, the parser continues with these steps until all of the input has been consumed and all of the parse trees have been reduced to a single tree representing an entire legal input.

If the trend continues, more than half the forest that existed when Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975 will be gone by 2021.

If any goal fails in the course of executing the program, all variable bindings that were made since the most recent choice-point was created are undone, and execution continues with the next alternative of that choice-point.

If the football passes through your goal line, but ends up elsewhere due to further jumps, the game continues.

If the bucket's spinning is stopped then the surface of the water remains concave as it continues to spin.

If the trickery continues, we will be forced to unmask them, all of them, before the French public.

" Sharpless continues, " If she still loves me, if she awaits me, I place myself in your hands so that you may carefully and considerately prepare her …" Butterfly exclaims, " He is coming!

If there are no remaining input bits, the encoder continues output until all registers have returned to the zero state.

If aggradation continues to occur in the main channel, this will make levee overtopping more likely again, and the levees can continue to build up.

If this subsidence continues long enough the basin is called a sag basin.

If the starting number is irrational then the process continues indefinitely.