Dictionary

fixity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈfɪksɪti/

Etymology

Etymology tree English fix Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fixity From fix + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation.
   • [O]therwise, it is almost inescapable that there must be some sort of centralized mechanism guaranteeing the fixity of prices[.] 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory, Oxford University Press, page 557:
2. (countable) Something fixed.
3. (countable, uncountable) The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix).
   • One may use a fixity declaration in Haskell to describe an operator's precedence and direction of associativity.

Forms

Deriveds

unfixity

Relateds

fixidity

Synonyms

fixedness (state or condition of being fixed)