What's The Definition Of Fixed?
[adj] securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
[adj] incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
[adj] directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze"
[adj] (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
[adj] specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location"
[adj] fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain"
[adj] not increasing as the amount taxed increases
[adj] mended or put in working order; "a reconditioned sewing machine"; "a repaired vacuum cleaner"; "the broken lock is now fixed"
[adj] intent and directed steadily; "had her gaze fastened on the stranger"; "a fixed expresson"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fixed: concentrated |
determinate |
fast |
fastened |
firm |
flat |
frozen |
geostationary |
geosynchronous |
given(a) |
immobile |
intent |
leaded |
nonmoving |
reconditioned |
regressive |
repaired |
restored |
rigid |
set |
specified |
stationary |
steady |
taped |
unadjustable |
unchangeable |
unmoving
Related Terms | Find terms related to Fixed: abiding |
absolute |
acknowledged |
admitted |
admitting no exception |
agreed |
aground |
aligned |
all up with |
all-out |
anchored |
arranged |
arrayed |
arrested |
ascertained |
assigned |
assorted |
assured |
at a standstill |
at anchor |
attached |
attested |
authenticated |
beat |
beaten |
bent |
bested |
bonded |
borne out |
categorical |
categorized |
caught |
cemented |
certain |
certified |
chained |
changeless |
charmed |
chronic |
circumscribed |
circumscript |
circumstantiated |
classified |
clear |
close |
complete |
composed |
concentrated |
conclusive |
concrete |
conditional |
confirmed |
confounded |
constant |
constituted |
continuing |
conventional |
cooked-up |
corroborated |
crooked |
customary |
cut out |
cut-and-dried |
cut-and-dry |
dead-still |
decided |
decisive |
deep-dyed |
deep-fixed |
deep-rooted |
deep-seated |
deep-set |
deep-settled |
defeated |
defined |
definite |
definitive |
delimited |
demarcated |
demonstrated |
deployed |
detailed |
determinate |
determined |
different |
discomfited |
dishonest |
disposed |
distinct |
distinguished |
done for |
done in |
down |
downright |
durable |
dyed-in-the-wool |
embosomed |
emplaced |
enchanted |
encircled |
enduring |
ensconced |
enthralled |
entire |
esoteric |
especial |
established |
exceptional |
exclusive |
explicit |
express |
extraordinary |
fallen |
fascinated |
fast |
fastened |
final |
firm |
flat |
flat-out |
flinty |
floored |
folk |
framed |
frozen |
given |
global |
glued |
graded |
gripped |
grouped |
guaranteed |
habitual |
hallowed |
handed down |
harmonized |
hedged about |
held |
heroic |
high and dry |
hoary |
hors de combat |
hypnotized |
idle |
immemorial |
immobile |
immotile |
immotive |
immovable |
immutable |
impacted |
implanted |
implicit |
in apple-pie order |
in commission |
in condition |
in fine fettle |
in good condition |
in good form |
in good shape |
in good trim |
in kilter |
in order |
in repair |
in shape |
in the bag |
in the pink |
in trim |
in working order |
inalterable |
inappealable |
incorrigible |
inculcated |
indisputable |
individual |
inextricable |
infixed |
inflexible |
ingrained |
inner |
installed |
instilled |
intact |
intent |
intimate |
invariable |
inveterate |
inviolate |
irremovable |
irreversible |
jammed |
lambasted |
lasting |
lathered |
legendary |
licked |
limited |
located |
long-established |
long-standing |
loyal |
made sure |
marshaled |
mesmerized |
methodized |
minute |
moored |
motionless |
moveless |
mythological |
nailed down |
narrow |
never-failing |
normalized |
noteworthy |
obstinate |
of long standing |
of the folk |
on ice |
on the skids |
open-and-shut |
oral |
ordered |
orderly |
organized |
out of commission |
out-and-out |
outdone |
outright |
overborne |
overcome |
overmastered |
overmatched |
overpowered |
overridden |
overthrown |
overturned |
overwhelmed |
packed |
panicked |
particular |
peremptory |
perfect |
permanent |
perpetual |
persistent |
personal |
placed |
planned |
planted |
plotted |
positioned |
positive |
posted |
prearranged |
precise |
preconcerted |
precontrived |
premeditated |
preordered |
prescriptive |
private |
proved |
proven |
provisional |
provisory |
put to rout |
put-up |
quiescent |
ranged |
ranked |
rapt |
received |
recognized |
regular |
regularized |
regulated |
remaining |
resolute |
resolved |
respective |
restricted |
riding at anchor |
rigged |
rigid |
riveted |
rooted |
round |
routed |
routinized |
ruined |
scattered |
schemed |
seated |
secure |
secured |
set |
settled |
settled in habit |
set-up |
several |
shown |
silenced |
singular |
situate |
situated |
skinned |
skinned alive |
solid |
solipsistic |
sorted |
sot |
special |
specific |
specificative |
specified |
spellbound |
spotted |
stable |
stacked |
stampeded |
standardized |
staple |
stated |
static |
stationary |
stationed |
statuelike |
staunch |
staying |
steadfast |
steady |
steely |
still |
stipulated |
stipulatory |
stock-still |
straight |
straight-out |
stranded |
stubborn |
stuck |
stuck fast |
substantiated |
surrounded |
sustained |
synchronized |
systematized |
taped |
tenacious |
tested |
tethered |
thorough |
tied |
tight |
time-honored |
to rights |
torpid |
total |
traditional |
transfixed |
tried |
tried and true |
trimmed |
trounced |
true |
true-blue |
unalterable |
unaltered |
unbending |
unblinking |
unchangeable |
unchanged |
unchanging |
unchecked |
uncircumscribed |
unconditional |
unconditioned |
undeflectable |
understood |
undestroyed |
undeviating |
undistracted |
undivided |
undone |
undoubting |
unemployed |
unequivocal |
unfading |
unfailing |
unfaltering |
unflagging |
unflappable |
unflinching |
unhampered |
unhesitating |
unlimited |
unmistakable |
unmitigated |
unmodifiable |
unmovable |
unmoved |
unmoving |
unqualified |
unquestioning |
unreserved |
unrestricted |
unshaken |
unshifting |
unswerving |
unvaried |
unvarying |
unwaivable |
unwavering |
unwritten |
unyielding |
up to scratch |
up to snuff |
upset |
utter |
validated |
venerable |
verified |
warranted |
wedged |
whelmed |
whipped |
whole |
without exception |
without reserve |
worshipful |
worsted
See Also | secure
Fixed In Webster's Dictionary
\Fixed\ (f[i^]kst), a.
1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm;
imovable; unalterable.
2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile.
{Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; --
so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed
by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.
{Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or
potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
{Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed
together in a case ready for loading.
{Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns
and mortars intended to remain stationary; --
distinguished from movable battery.
{Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or
separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty,
as gold, platinum, lime, etc.
{Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4.
{Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.]
{Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; --
distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent
light.
{Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as
stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain,
and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished
from volatile or {essential oils}.
{Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of
troops wheels.
{Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly
the same apparent position and distance with respect to
each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
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