fixation

plural fixations

1. countableuncountableThe act of fixing.

   Antonyms: movement, change

2. countableuncountableThe state of being fixed or fixated.

   Synonyms: fixedness

3. countableuncountableThe act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
4. countableuncountableThe act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.

   Near-synonym: gelling

   Synonyms: freezing, gelling

5. countableuncountableIn metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
6. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.

   Near-synonym: obsession

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   Increasingly it is being realised that a modern conurbation's transport problems cannot be solved if there is a fixation on profit and loss in public transport—[...].

   1962 October, “The Victoria Line”, in Modern Railways, page 218

   Synonyms: obsession

   1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesA sexual fetish or turn-on.

      Synonyms: obsession

7. countableuncountablelawRecording 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.

   In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.

8. countableuncountablebiologyThe 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.
9. countableuncountablebiologypreservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
10. countableuncountableprocess by which an injury is rendered immobile.
11. countableuncountableengineeringMaintaining of the gaze on a single location (either momentarily or prolongedly).