Fixed

Word FIXED
Character 5
Hyphenation fixed
Pronunciations /fɪkst/

Definitions and meanings of "Fixed"

What do we mean by fixed?

Firmly in position; stationary. adjective

Determined; established; set. adjective

Not subject to change or variation; unchanging. adjective

Not readily evaporating; nonvolatile. adjective

Being in a stable, combined form. adjective

Firmly, often dogmatically held. adjective

Persistently occurring in the mind; obsessive. adjective

Supplied, especially with funds. Often used in combination. adjective

Illegally prearranged as to outcome. adjective

Firm; fast; stable; permanent; of a determinate or unfluctuating character; hence, appointed; settled; established: as, fixed laws; a fixed sum; fixed prices; a fixed time; fixed habits or opinions.

Permanently placed or situated; established as to position or relation: as, the planets have fixed orbits; the fixed stars (so called from their always appearing to occupy the same place).

In heraldry, same as firme.

In zoology, not free or locomotory; rooted or otherwise attached to some object.

In com., without grace or days of grace: said of drafts and other commercial papers payable on a specified date without grace.

Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. adjective

Stable; non-volatile. adjective

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. adjective

A non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. adjective

To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

To mend, to repair.

To prepare (food or drink).

To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion

To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

(sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.

To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

To convert into a stable or available form.

To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fixed

The word "fixed" in example sentences

We find it fixed in these stones, for which reason Dr. Black called it “fixed air”—finding it in these fixed things like marble and chalk—he called it fixed air because it lost its quality of air, and assumed the condition of a solid body. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Fortune, -- "Volve sua spera, e beata si gode:" the motive power of this wheel distinguishing its goddess from the fixed majesty of Necessitas with her iron nails; or [Greek: anankê], with her pillar of fire and iridescent orbits, _fixed_ at the centre. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Jules was on his back, his expression fixed in a blank stare. ❋ Becca Fitzpatrick (2009)

Finally the term fixed for carrying out certain obligations of the contract expired without their fulfillment by the company, and the concession was forfeited. ❋ Various (N/A)

President Hutchins desired to resign the Presidency in 1914, at the end of the term fixed by him in his letter of acceptance, but the Regents were unanimous in their desire to have him remain in office. ❋ Wilfred Shaw (N/A)

The term fixed by Madame Desvarennes with the Prince had expired that morning. ❋ Various (N/A)

Egyptian finance, as he feared panic towards the end of the term fixed; but the Ambassador said that the Chancellor attached no importance to any form of control. ❋ Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1907)

A new winter campaign was almost a certainty, and yet the Germans insisted that though mistakes occurred in the term fixed, this was not so respecting the ultimate effect of the U-boats and that England would collapse. ❋ Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Czernin Von Und Zu Chudenitz (1902)

The register books of the parish show admirable specimens of his wonderful writing, and I have in my possession a tracing made by Mr. Wise, of Weekley, from the label fixed inside the cover of one of the large folio Prayer Books which used to be in the Duke of Buccleuch's pew before the church was restored, and were then removed to Boughton ❋ Unknown (1892)

On both hands we find the term fixed according to the day of the month, the strictly prescribed joint burnt-offering and sin-offering, the absence of relation first-fruits and agriculture, the obliteration of natural distinctions so as to make one general churchly festival. ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)

Cromwell, when he dissolved the Long Parliament, walked alone into its midst, pulled out his watch in order that the body should not continue to exist one minute beyond the term fixed for it by him, and drove out each individual member with gay and humorous invectives. ❋ Karl Marx (1850)

And this is the last day of the term fixed on by the agreement! ❋ Charles Burke (1838)

In case of a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, it must be integrally renewed within the term fixed by Article 50 of the Charter, and in conformity with the present law. ❋ John William Cole (1830)

Rennepont alone presented himself, within the term fixed by the testament. ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

The Abbe Gabriel de Rennepont alone presented himself, within the term fixed by the testament. ❋ Eug��ne Sue (1830)

The treaty is limited to _twelve_ years, which will probably be the term fixed for the duration of all their commercial treaties. ❋ Jared Sparks (1827)

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