A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External fixation is as opposed to internal fixation in which the ends of the fractured bone are joined by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws.

A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws. Internal fixation is as opposed to external fixation of a fracture by a splint or cast.

 A state in which a person remains attached to objects or activities more appropriate for an earlier stage of psychosexual development.

The process of setting a price of a commodity, whether in the present or the future. See: Gold fixing.

In negatives and prints alike, the conversion of unused silver halides to a soluble silver so that the image remains stable and unalterable when exposed to light. Also known as “fixing.”

late 14c., fixacion, an alchemical word, "action of reducing a volatile substance to a permanent bodily form," from Medieval Latin fixationem (nominative fixatio), noun of action from past p [..]

Nitrogen fixation is the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into organic nitrogen compounds which are then available to green plants; a process that can be carried out only by certain strains of soil [..]

In Freud’s theory of psychosexual development, the failure to complete a stage successfully which results in a continuation of that stage into later adulthood.

Locating a point on the earth's surface by map (grid) reference or co-ordinates (and height) with sufficient accuracy for purpose. Fixation was determined by survey processes.  

1. The obsessive pre-occupation with a single idea or aim. 2. Psychoanalytic theory. The persisting of an early psycho-sexual stage or the inappropriate attachment to a psycho-sexual object or gratifi [..]

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This term has several different meanings in psychology. Fixation has a long history in Freudian and clinical psychology, and refers to when a person is "stuck" in one stage of psychosexual d [..]

  A genetic term in which a low frequency of heterozygosity is attained at a given locus through repeated incrossing. 

The use of formic acid to lower the pH of the leather resulting in the binding of the dyehouse chemicals to the leather.

when a neural net gets stuck in a local optimum well and cannot progress to a better local optimum without backing out of the well. The net furiously punishes itself to no avail. Analogous to a bee tr [..]

(n) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely(n) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone(n) the activity of fastening something firmly in position(n) ( [..]

A pause of the line of sight on something of interest in the visual world. [Click Here To Return To List]

"A work is 'fixed' in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to be pe [..]

The use of internal devices (metal plates, Nails, rods, etc.) to hold the position of a fracture in proper alignment.

The process in certain Bacteria; Fungi; and Cyanobacteria converting free atmospheric Nitrogen to biologically usable Forms of Nitrogen, such as Ammonia; Nitrates; and amino compounds.

The positioning and accommodation of eyes that allows the image to be brought into place on the Fovea Centralis of each eye.

The use of metallic devices inserted into or through bone to hold a fracture in a set position and alignment while it heals.

The technique of using Fixatives in the preparation of cytologic, histologic, or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all the constituent Elements.

A gene has achieved fixation when its frequency has reached 100% in the population. At that stage, all individuals are homozygous for that allele until a new mutation arises. A gene may be taken to fi [..]

The positioning and accommodation of eyes that allows the image to be brought into place on the FOVEA CENTRALIS of each eye.

a chemical treatment which forms crosslinks between peptide chains in proteins and prevents degradation.

The act of rendering atmospheric nitrogen suitable for use by an organism

Attainment of a frequency of 1 (i.e., 100 percent) by an allele in a population, which thereby becomes monomorphic for the allele.

Flexibility

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 elemen [..]

The process of setting a price of a commodity, whether in the present or the future. See: Gold fixing.