A Fixation

1. The act of fixing.
2. The state of being fixed or fixated.
3. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
4. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
5. In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
6. A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing.
7. (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.
8. (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