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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fixation \Fix*a"tion\ (f[i^]ks*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fixation.] 1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. An unalterable fixation of resolution. --Killingbeck. To light, created in the first day God gave no proper place or fixation. --Sir W. Raleigh. Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. --Quain. A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. --Watts. 2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements. 3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. --Glanvill. 4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fixation n 1: an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely [syn: {arrested development}, {infantile fixation}, {regression}] 2: an unhealthy preoccupation with something or someone [syn: {obsession}] 3: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [syn: {fixing}]
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