fixed

(fĭkst)

adj.

1. Firmly in position; stationary: a fixed dwelling.

2. Determined; established; set: at a fixed time; a fixed price.

3. Not subject to change or variation; unchanging: pensioners on a fixed income.

4. Chemistry

a. Not readily evaporating; nonvolatile.

b. Being in a stable, combined form: fixed nitrogen.

a. Firmly, often dogmatically held: fixed beliefs.

b. Persistently occurring in the mind; obsessive: a fixed, delusive notion.

6. Supplied, especially with funds. Often used in combination: a well-fixed bachelor.

7. Illegally prearranged as to outcome: a fixed election.

fix′ed·ly (fĭk′sĭd-lē) adv.

fix′ed·ness n.

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Noun	1.	fixedness - remaining in place immobility, stationariness lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness - a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" rootage - fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
	2.	fixedness - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment fixity, fastness, secureness, fixture immovability, immovableness - not capable of being moved or rearranged lodgement, lodging, lodgment - the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" looseness - the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
	3.	fixedness - the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" unalterability unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged

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