Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fixation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fixation \Fix*a"tion\ (f[i^]ks*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
fixation.]
1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

An unalterable fixation of resolution.
--Killingbeck.

To light, created in the first day, God gave no
proper place or fixation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.

Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint.
--Quain.

A fixation and confinement of thought to a few
objects. --Watts.

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

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

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fixation
n 1: an abnormal state in which development has stopped
prematurely [syn: {arrested development}, {infantile
fixation}, {regression}]
2: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or
someone [syn: {obsession}]
3: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue
sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations
they had in the living body [syn: {fixing}]


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