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▸ noun: The state of being fixed or fixated.
▸ noun: The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
▸ noun: The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
▸ noun: In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
▸ noun: A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
▸ noun: A sexual fetish or turn-on; something one seeks in a romantic partner, often rejecting partners without the characteristic.
▸ noun: (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
▸ noun: (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
▸ noun: (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
▸ noun: (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
▸ noun: (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
Similar:
fixing,
regression,
obsession,
arrested development,
infantile fixation,
fixage,
refixation,
fix-up,
focusing,
foundation,
more...
Opposite:
Types:
oral fixation,
anal fixation,
genital fixation,
phallic fixation,
electrcomplex,
penis envy,
castration anxiety,
more...
Phrases:
Adjectives:
internal,
external,
rigid,
nitrogen,
intermaxillary,
biological,
complement,
visual,
symbiotic,
stable,
skeletal
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