fixity
1Fixity — Fix i*ty ( [i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. fixit[ e].] 1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed. [1913 Webster] 2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] …
2fixity — 1660s in physics; general use from 1791; see FIX (Cf. fix) + ITY (Cf. ity) …
3fixity — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being unchanging or permanent …
4fixity — [fik′si tē] n. 1. the quality or state of being fixed; steadiness or permanence 2. pl. fixities anything fixed, or unmoving …
5fixity — fixedness, fixity Both are 17c words with a range of meanings to do with abstract senses of fixing and being fixed, but fixedness is now used much less often than fixity: • Beaten into a fixity of revolutionary purpose, the peasants will have no… …
6fixity — [[t]fɪ̱ksɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n If you talk about the fixity of something, you talk about the fact that it does not change or weaken. [WRITTEN] I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning... She believed in the fixity… …
7fixity — fix|i|ty [ˈfıksıti] n [U] formal when something does not change fixity of ▪ fixity of purpose …
8fixity — noun (U) formal the state of not changing: fixity of purpose …
9fixity of species theory — fixity of species theory. См. теория неизменности вида. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
10fixity of purpose — index diligence (perseverance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
