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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fettling \Fet"tling\, n. 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called {fix} in the United States.] 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fix \Fix\, n. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then? No is he dead, then? No nor dead either Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De Quincey. 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fix \Fix\ (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr L. fixus p. p. of figere to fix; cf F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fix \Fix\, v. i. 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here --Waller. 2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon. {To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about to determine regarding; as the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[i^]kst); p. pr & vb n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton. 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young. 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. 5. To put in order to arrange; to dispose of to adjust to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence to repair; as to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room [Colloq. U.S.] 6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust place establish; settle; determine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fix n 1: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {hole}, {jam}, {mess}, {muddle}, {pickle}, {kettle of fish}] 2: (informal) an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug 3: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {repair}, {fixing}, {mending}, {reparation}] 4: an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" 5: a determination of the location of something "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: {localization}, {localisation}, {location}, {locating}] v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {bushel}, {doctor}, {furbish up}, {restore}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}] 2: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: {fasten}, {secure}] [ant: {unfasten}] 3: decide upon as of variables in math [syn: {specify}, {set}, {determine}] 4: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {ready}, {make}, {prepare}] 5: take vengeance on or get even "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him" [syn: {pay back}, {pay off}, {get}] 6: set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!" 7: kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study; in cytology 8: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" [syn: {fixate}] 9: make infertile; of both males and females [syn: {sterilize}, {desex}, {unsex}, {desexualize}] 10: place firmly [syn: {situate}, {pose}, {posit}, {deposit}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: fix n.,v. What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: fix 1.The {fixed point} {combinator}. Called Y in {combinatory logic}. Fix is a {higher-order function} which returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function). fix :: (a -> a) -> a fix f = f (fix f) Which satisfies the equation fix f = x such that f x = x. Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive {lambda abstraction}: fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x)) Since this involves self-application, it has an {infinite type}. A function defined by f x1 .. xN = E can be expressed as f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E) = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E) (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) in \ x1 ... \xN . E If f does not occur {free} in E (i.e. it is not {recursive}) then this reduces to simply f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an infinite data object, e.g. ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones) = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : 1 : ... Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E. Compare {quine}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-04-13) 2. {bug fix}. (1998-06-25) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: FIX {Federal Information Exchange}
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