an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

( histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

the activity of fastening something firmly in position

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.

The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non- volatile condition; - said of gaseous elements.

A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; - said of metals.

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.

Fixing; making stable.

Act of fixing or state of being fixed; steadiness; firmness; state in which a body does not evaporate.

Act of fixing; firm state.

Stability.

The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed; stability.

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.

A hundred pontooneers had gone into the water and with the aid of little floats built for this purpose, had commenced the fixation of the trestles. – Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 by Achilles Rose

Many soil areas do not contain the particular type of bacteria necessary to the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by legumes. – A Living from the Land by William B. Duryee