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FixedFixed Fixed (f[i^]kst), a.
1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm;
imovable; unalterable.
2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile.
Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; --
so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed
by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or
potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed
together in a case ready for loading.
Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns
and mortars intended to remain stationary; --
distinguished from movable battery.
Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or
separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty,
as gold, platinum, lime, etc.
Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4.
Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.]
Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; --
distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent
light.
Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as
stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain,
and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished
from volatile or essential oils.
Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of
troops wheels.
Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly
the same apparent position and distance with respect to
each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. fixFettling Fet"tling, n.
1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the
hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly
called fix in the United States.]
2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the
surface of undried clay ware. Fix
Fix Fix, n.
1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament;
dilemma. [Colloq.]
Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No,
nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can
not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De
Quincey.
2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]
Fix
Fix Fix (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to
fix; cf. F. fixe.]
Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
FixFix Fix, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease
from wandering; to rest.
Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix
forever here. --Waller.
2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease
to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and
malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon.
To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to
determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have
fixed on certain leading points.
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Fixed point may
refer to:
Fixed point (mathematics), a
value that does not
change under a
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Fixed income refers to any type of
investment under which the
borrower or
issuer is
obliged to make
payments of a
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fixed schedule. For...
- A
fixed deposit (FD) is a
tenured deposit account provided by
banks or non-bank
financial institutions which provides investors a
higher rate of interest...
- A
fixed-gear
bicycle (or
fixed-wheel
bicycle in
British usage,[citation needed]
commonly known in some
places as a fixie) is a
bicycle that has a drivetrain...
- A
fixed-wing
aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft, such as an airplane,
which is
capable of
flight using aerodynamic lift.
Fixed-wing
aircraft are...
- In computing,
fixed-point is a
method of
representing fractional (non-integer)
numbers by
storing a
fixed number of
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