fixation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /fɪksˈeɪʃən/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Old French fixation. By surface analysis, fix + -ation.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of fixing.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
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(countable, uncountable) The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
Near-synonym: gelling
- (countable, uncountable) In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
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(countable, uncountable) A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
Near-synonym: obsession
Increasingly it is being realised that a modern conurbation's transport problems cannot be solved if there is a fixation on profit and loss in public transport—[...].
1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 218:
- (countable, uncountable) A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing. ▸ A sexual fetish or turn-on.
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(countable, uncountable) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.
- (countable, uncountable) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- (countable, uncountable) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
- (countable, uncountable) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- (countable, of reading, uncountable) Maintaining of the gaze on a single location (either momentarily or prolongedly).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fixations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
saccade · freezing · fastening · staring · gazing
Deriveds
overfixation · postfixation · session fixation · malfixation · cryofixation · interfixation · fixational · immunofixation · circumfixation · ventrofixation · carbon fixation · nitrogen fixation · laterofixation · refixation · prefixation · osteofixation · hyperfixation · stable fixation · nonfixation · quasifixation · vaginofixation
Synonyms
obsession · obsession · fixedness · gelling · freezing
Translations (46)
ru фикса́ция (the act of fixing) · es fijación (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · fr fixation (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · ga greamú (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · fi fikseeraus (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition) · ru закрепле́ние (the act of fixing) · bg втвърдяване (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition) · ca fixació (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · es neura (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · ro fixare (the act of fixing) · ga fosú (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition) · bg сгъстяване (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition) · ja 固定 (the act of fixing) · ru навя́зчивая иде́я (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · fi tallentaminen ((legal) recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration) · de Fixierung (the state of being fixed or fixated) · pdt Besätenheit (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · fi kiinnittäminen (the act of fixing) · ru свя́зывание (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition) · de Fixierung (the act of fixing) · id fiksasi ((orthopaedics) immobilization of injury) · fr fixation (the state of being fixed or fixated) · ca fixament (the act of fixing) · el στερέωμα (the act of fixing) · id fiksasi ((cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction) · es afán (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · el προσήλωση (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · es chifladera (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · ro fixare (the state of being fixed or fixated) · fi jähmettyminen (the act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm) · pl fiksacja (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · bg закрепване (the act of fixing) · fi kiinnittyminen (the state of being fixed or fixated) · ru свя́зывание (the act of fixing) · es chaladura (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · ca fixació (the act of fixing) · hu megjavítás (the act of fixing) · ga fosúchán (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition) · es fijación (the act of fixing) · ga fosúchán (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · fr fixation (the act of fixing) · id fiksasi (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · fi fiksaatio (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · ru одержи́мость (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · es chifladura (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing) · id fiksasi ((ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location)