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<cs><col>Fixed air</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or <i>fixed<i> by strong bases. See <cref>Carbonic acid</cref>, under <er>Carbonic</er>.</cd> -- <col>Fixed alkali</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.</cd> -- <col>Fixed ammunition</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading.</cd> -- <col>Fixed battery</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from <i>movable<i> battery.</cd> -- <col>Fixed bodies</col>, <cd>those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc.</cd> -- <col>Fixed capital</col>. <cd>See the Note under <er>Capital</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</cd> -- <col>Fixed fact</col>, <cd>a well established fact.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Fixed light</col>, <cd>one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light.</cd> -- <col>Fixed oils</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from <i>volatile<i> or <i>essential oils<i>.</cd> -- <col>Fixed pivot</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels.</cd> -- <col>Fixed stars</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fixedly</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.</def>

<h1>Fixedness</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; <as>as, the <ex>fixedness</ex> of gold</as>.</def>

<h1>Fixidity</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix*id"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fixedness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Fixing</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of making fixed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is fixed; a fixture.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Fixity</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fixit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fixedness; <as>as, <ex>fixity</ex> of tenure</as>; also, that which is fixed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Coherence of parts.</def>

<i>Sir I. Newton.</i>

<h1>Fixture</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fixture</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; <as>as, the <ex>fixtures</ex> of a pump; the <ex>fixtures</ex> of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>State of being fixed; fixedness.</def>

<blockquote>The firm <b>fixture</b> of thy foot. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be <i>fixtures</i> under some circumstances, and not <i>fixtures</i> under others.</def>

<i>Wharton (Law Dict. ). Bouvier.</i>

<note>&hand; This word is frequently substituted for <i>fixure</i> (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.</note>

<h1>Fixure</h1> <Xpage=565>

<hw>Fix"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fixura</ets> a fastening, fr. <ets>figere</ets> to fix. See <er>Fix</er>, and cf. <er>Fixture</er>.]</ety> <def>Fixed position; stable condition; firmness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fixgig</h1> <Xpage=565>