Fixed
Fixed (fikst) , adjective
1.
Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; immovable; unalterable.
2.
(Chemistry) Stable; non-volatile.
Collocations (11)
Fixed air (Old Chemistry) , carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Fixed alkali (Old Chemistry) , a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
Fixed ammunition (Military) , a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading.
Fixed battery (Military) , a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery.
Fixed bodies , those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc.
Fixed capital , See the Note under Capital, n., 4.
Fixed fact , a well established fact. [Colloquial]
Fixed light , one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light.
Fixed oils (Chemistry) , non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils.
Fixed pivot (Military) , the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels.
Fixed stars (Astronomy) , such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.