Fixation
[fɪk'seɪʃ(ə)n] or [fɪk'seʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.
(noun.) the activity of fastening something firmly in position.
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Definition
(n.) The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
(n.) The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.
(n.) The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
(n.) A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.
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Examples
- The pure nitrogen then can be pumped into the fixation ovens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fixation upon the immediate has made a rich country poor in leisure, has in a land meant for liberal living incited an insane struggle for existence. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have called this fixation on the nearest object at hand an American habit. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So, for peace or war, the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen has become a tremendous factor in the life of nations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very important thing for us to note is the r?le played by the Emperor in the fixation of Christianity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- First place was given not to the wonderful inventions that are so large in the public eye, but to the fixation of nitrogen from the air for fertilizer purposes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The narrowness of American political issues is a fixation upon instruments. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This fixation has brought down upon the socialists a torrent of abuse in which atheism and materialism are prevailing epithets. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Medi?val Germany went as far as any of the Western heirs of the first great civilizations towards a fixation of classes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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