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 |
price-fixing | control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce |
fixed intonation | the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer |
fastener fastening holdfast fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
read-only memory ROM read-only storage fixed storage | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed |
fixed phagocyte | a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc. |
mantissa fixed-point part | the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm, in the expression log . the mantissa is . |
fixed-point notation fixed-point representation system | a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention |
typewriter font constant-width font fixed-width font monospaced font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) |
fixed star | any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion |
fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
nondiscretionary trust fixed investment trust | an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized |
fixed-point number | a number represented in fixed-point notation |
fixing agent fixer | a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) |
fixed oil fatty oil | nonvolatile animal or plant oil |
fixed frozen | incapable of being changed or moved or undone, e.g. frozen prices, living on fixed incomes |
fixed | (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value |
fixed | securely placed or fastened or set, a fixed piece of wood, a fixed resistor |
fixed set rigid | 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 |
comfortable easy prosperous well-fixed well-heeled well-off well-situated well-to-do | in fortunate circumstances financially, moderately rich, they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards, easy living, a prosperous family, his family is well-situated financially, well-to-do members of the community |
nitrogen-fixing | contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation |