repair fix fixing fixture mend mending reparation | the act of putting something in working order again |
fixation fixing | (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body |
neutering fixing altering | the sterilization of an animal, they took him to the vet for neutering |
complement fixation | an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination) |
price-fixing | control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce |
restraint | the act of controlling by restraining someone or something, the unlawful restraint of trade |
restraint of trade | any act that tends to prevent free competition in business |
fixation | the activity of fastening something firmly in position |
fastener fastening holdfast fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
headrest head restraint | a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash |
restraint constraint | a device that retards something's motion, the car did not have proper restraints fitted |
chasteness restraint simplicity simpleness | lack of ornamentation, the room was simply decorated with great restraint |
restraint control | discipline in personal and social activities, he was a model of polite restraint, she never lost control of herself |
obsession fixation | an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone |
complement fixation test | a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present, used as a diagnostic test |
restraint | a rule or condition that limits freedom, legal restraints, restraints imposed on imports |
combination in restraint of trade | (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) |
Mach Ernst Mach | Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (-) |
nitrogen fixation | the assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil bacteria and its release for plant use on the death of the bacteria |
Mach number | the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound |
constraint restraint | the state of being physically constrained, dogs should be kept under restraint |
arrested development fixation infantile fixation regression | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |
fixing agent fixer | a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) |
nitrogen-fixing | contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation |