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Fixation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of fixing.

2. Stability; firmness; steadiness; a state of being established; as fixation in matters of religion.

3. Residence in a certain place; or a place of residence. [Little used.]

4. To light, created in the first day, God gave no certain place or fixation

5. That firm state of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; as the fixation of gold or other metals.

6. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm; state of being fixed.

Fixation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

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.

4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.