bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - FIXED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air , 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 , a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in

Additional info about word: FIXED

Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air , 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 , a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. -- Fixed ammunition , a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. -- Fixed battery , 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. -- Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. -- Fixed oils , 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 , the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. -- Fixed stars , such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. (more info) 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FIXED)

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FIXED)

Related words: (words related to FIXED)

  • SPECIFICNESS
    The quality or state of being specific.
  • ASSURER
    1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
  • BOUNDLESS
    Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
  • SOLIDARE
    A small piece of money. Shak.
  • CONVINCIBLE
    1. Capable of being convinced or won over. 2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. Sir T. Browne.
  • CLEARLY
    In a clear manner.
  • UNMISTAKABLE
    Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
  • REGULARITY
    The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
  • ASCERTAINMENT
    The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
  • EXACTOR
    One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
  • ASCERTAINABLE
    That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
  • ACTUALIZE
    To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.
  • EXACTING
    Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
  • LIMITARIAN
    Tending to limit.
  • UNIFORMISM
    The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
  • EXPOSER
    One who exposes or discloses.
  • LIMITIVE
    Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
  • CLEARER
    A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
  • RAPID
    1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. Milton. 2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth;
  • DEFINITIVE
    1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott. 2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word. 3. Determined; resolved.
  • HOME-BOUND
    Kept at home.
  • OUTBOUND
    Outward bound. Dryden.
  • POSTABLE
    Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
  • INTESTABLE
    Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
  • REFIX
    To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
  • INEXACTLY
    In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
  • IRREGULARITY
    The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
  • UNLIMITED
    1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
  • PROOTIC; PROOETIC
    In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule. -- n.
  • CONSTABLESS
    The wife of a constable.
  • AFFIX
    figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
  • UNBOUND
    imp. & p. p. of Unbind.

Trending!

 

Back to top