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.