FIXED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fixed mean? 

• FIXED (adjective)
  The adjective FIXED has 4 senses:

1. (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

2. fixed and unmoving

3. securely placed or fastened or set

4. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.

  Familiarity information: FIXED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIXED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value

Similar:

determinate (precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause)

Derivation:

fixedness (the quality of being fixed and unchangeable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fixed and unmoving

Synonyms:

fixed; rigid; set

Context example:

a face rigid with pain

Similar:

nonmoving; unmoving (not in motion)

Derivation:

fixedness (remaining in place)

fixity (the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Securely placed or fastened or set

Context example:

a fixed resistor

Similar:

fast; firm; immobile (securely fixed in place)

geostationary (of or having a geosynchronous orbit such that the position in such an orbit is fixed with respect to the earth)

geosynchronous (of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth))

leaded ((of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead)

stationary (not capable of being moved)

taped (secured or held in place by tape)

unadjustable (not adjustable)

Also:

secure (not likely to fail or give way)

Antonym:

unfixed (not firmly placed or set or fastened)

Derivation:

fixedness; fixity (the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.

Synonyms:

fixed; frozen

Context example:

living on fixed incomes

Similar:

unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)

Derivation:

fixity (the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment)

 Context examples 

He did not glance at the man and woman. His eyes were fixed up the trail. He had made up his mind.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

His attitude was of one looking forward the length of the schooner, or staring, rather, for his eyes were fixed and unblinking.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I wish to the Lord that I had shot him then, but I spared him, though I saw his wicked little eyes fixed on my face, as though to remember every feature.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Before they retired the Professor fixed up the room against any coming of the Vampire, and assured Mrs. Harker that she might rest in peace.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Next instant, with a loud shout of triumph he held up one splinter, in which a round, dark object was fixed like a plum in a pudding.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jorindel could not move; he stood fixed as a stone, and could neither weep, nor speak, nor stir hand or foot.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You may have sent in your tuition check, paid to have your floors fixed, sent in estimated taxes, or sent a deposit on your child’s music class for the coming season.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There is no evidence to suggest that the fixed nitrogen molecules found by the team were created by life.

(Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen on Mars, NASA)

WASP-12b has a fixed day side and night side because it orbits so close to the star that it is tidally locked.

(Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet, NASA)

He had his eyes fixed always on the future.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)