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fixation
English
Etymology
From Old French fixation.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /f?ks?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
fixation (countable and uncountable, plural fixations)
- The act of fixing.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
Synonyms
- (state of being fixed): fixedness
Antonyms
- (act of fixing): movement, change
Translations
References
Fixation (population genetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
fixer +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fik.sa.sj??/
Noun
fixation f (plural fixations)
- fixation
- Tu ferais bien de vérifier les fixations avant de partir.
- (psychology, informal) fixation, obsession
- Synonyms: fixette, obsession
Further reading
- “fixation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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pyrenoid
English
Etymology
From pyrene +? -oid.
Noun
pyrenoid (plural pyrenoids)
- (biology) any of several transparent structures found in the chloroplast of certain algae etc.; they are responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of starch
Anagrams
- dipyrone, pyridone
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