FIXATIVE meaning: Substance used to preserve samples

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word Fixative:

General (23 matching dictionaries)

fixative: Merriam-Webster
fixative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
fixative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
fixative: Collins English Dictionary
fixative: Vocabulary.com
fixative: Wordnik
fixative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
fixative: Wiktionary
fixative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
fixative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
fixative: Infoplease Dictionary
fixative: Dictionary.com
Fixative (drawing), Fixative (perfumery), Fixative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Fixative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
fixative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
fixative: Rhymezone
Fixative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
fixative: FreeDictionary.org
fixative: Mnemonic Dictionary
fixative: TheFreeDictionary.com
fixative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

fixative: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
Fixative: Art Glossary: Terminology for artists
FIXATIVE: Glossary of Art Terms

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Fixative (art), fixative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)

fixative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
Fixative: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Fixative (art), fixative: Medical dictionary
Fixative: Drug Medical Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

Book Binding (No longer online)
Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fixative)

▸ noun:  A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
▸ noun:  (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
▸ adjective:  Serving to fix or bind.

Opposite:

solvent, remover, dissolvent

Types:

alcohol, glue, silicone, rubber cement, hot glue, super glue, epoxy, cement, glue stick, more...

Phrases:

paraformaldehyde fixative, zenker's fixative, zenkers fixative, more...

Adjectives:

fresh, same, good, primary, excellent, glutaraldehyde, cold, general, appropriate, suitable, excess

Colors:

beige, taupe, umber, sienna, ochre, more...

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