Fixation

/fɪksˈeɪʃən/ · noun

Meaning

The act of fixing..

Definitions by Sense

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. (law) 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.
8. (genetics) 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.

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Near-synonym: gelling

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—[...].

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.

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