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Definition of Fixing

1. Noun. The act of putting something in working order again.

2. Noun. Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place.

3. Noun. The sterilization of an animal. "They took him to the vet for neutering"

4. Noun. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.

Definition of Fixing

1. n. The act or process of making fixed.

Definition of Fixing

1. Noun. The act of subverting a vote. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of fix) ¹

3. Verb. (context: southern US slang) going (to) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fixing

1. fix [v] - See also: fix

Medical Definition of Fixing

1. 1. The act or operation of holding, suturing or fastening in a fixed position. The condition of being held in a fixed position. 2. A term with two related but distinct meanings: 1. Arrest of development at a particular stage, which like regression (return to an earlier stage), if temporary is a normal reaction to setbacks and difficulties but if protracted or frequent is a cause of developmental failures and emotional problems. 3. A close and suffocating attachment to another person, especially a childhood figure, such as one's mother or father. Both meanings are derived from psychoanalytic theory and refer to fixation of libidinal energy either in a specific erogenous zone, hence fixation at the oral, anal or phallic stage or in a specific object, hence mother or father fixation. 4. The use of a fixative to preserve histological or cytological specimens. 5. The process whereby a substance is removed from the gaseous or solution phase and localised, as in carbon dioxide fixation or nitrogen fixation. 6. The direction of the gaze so that the visual image of the object falls on the fovea centralis. 7. In film processing, the chemical removal of all undeveloped salts of the film emulsion, leaving only the developed silver to form a permanent image. 8. A general term for determination of type, whether by designation, or indication. Origin: L. Fixatio (09 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fixing

fixednesses fixer fixer-upper fixer-uppers fixers fixes fixes up fixeth fixgig fixidity

fixie fixies fixigena fixigenae fixin' fixing (current term) fixing agent fixing eye fixing up fixings

fixism fixit fixities fixity fixive fixly fixpoint fixpoints fixt fixture

Literary usage of Fixing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1900)
"fixing AND HARDENING. 26. The Functions of fixing Agents.—The meaning of the term " fixing " has been explained above (§ 2). It remains here to insist on ..."

2. Clinical Rheumatology: A Problem-oriented Approach to Diagnosis and Management by Roland W. Moskowitz (1921)
"fixing AGENTS AND STAINING SOLUTIONS. Cleaning of Slides and Cover-glasses.—Slides or cover-glasses on which paraffin sections are to be mounted must be ..."

3. Botanical Microtechnique: A Hand-book of Methods for the Preparation by A[lbrecht] Zimmermann (1893)
"Exposure for 24 hours is usually sufficient for fixing nuclei, but a longer action does no harm. ... Iodine has beet-i chiefly used for fixing in an aqueous ..."

4. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"Alcohol is in most instances an unsatisfactory fixing reagent, it is frequently employed because it is usually at hand and is ea manipulated. ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"... at that time as to what Its terms and charges would be, fixing ... at a certain amount according to the number of hydrants used, fixing a ..."

6. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1897)
"I. A MODIFIED fixing FLUID FOE GENERAL HISTOLOGICAL AND ... To meet these indications a comparatively cheap fixing fluid is demanded which will penetrate ..."

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