FIXATION
\fɪksˈe͡ɪʃən], \fɪksˈeɪʃən], \f_ɪ_k_s_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of FIXATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
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(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
By Princeton University
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an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
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(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
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The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; - said of gaseous elements.
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A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; - said of metals.
By Oddity Software
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The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
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The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; - said of gaseous elements.
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A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; - said of metals.
By Noah Webster.
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1. The condition of being fixed or firmly attached or set. 2. The art of fixing or making firm. 3. In histology, the rapid killing of tissue elements and their hardening, so that they are preserved in the same relations they had in the living body. 4. In chemistry, the solidification of a gas on uniting with a solid.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Act of fixing or state of being fixed; steadiness; firmness; state in which a body does not evaporate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The act of fixing; the state of being fixed; solidification; stability; firmness; residence in a certain place; that firm state of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The action of fixing.
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The factor or condition of being fixed.
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The action of depriving of volatility or fluidity.
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In psycho-analysis the maintaining of the libido at an infantile level of development. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
