English Explanatory Dictionary

fixation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of fixing.
  2. The state of being fixed or fixated.
  3. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
  4. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
  5. In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
  6. A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
  7. A sexual fetish or turn-on.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
  11. process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
  12. Maintaining of the gaze on a single location (either momentarily or prolongedly).

Pronunciation

/fɪksˈeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fixation.wav

Word forms

fixation fixations

Etymology

From Old French fixation. By surface analysis, fix + -ation.

Synonyms

fixedness freezing gelling obsession

Antonyms

movement change

Derived words

carbon fixation circumfixation cryofixation fixational hyperfixation immunofixation interfixation laterofixation malfixation nitrogen fixation nonfixation osteofixation overfixation postfixation prefixation quasifixation refixation session fixation stable fixation vaginofixation ventrofixation

Translations

Catalan: fixació Finnish: fiksaatio French: fixation Greek: προσήλωση Indonesian: fiksasi Irish: fosúchán Irish: greamú Plautdietsch: Besätenheit Polish: fiksacja Russian: одержи́мость Russian: навя́зчивая иде́я Spanish: fijación Spanish: afán Spanish: neura Spanish: chifladura Spanish: chifladera Spanish: chaladura
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