fixed

fixed
adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. securely placed or fastened ; stationary b. (1) nonvolatile (2) formed into a chemical compound c. (1) not subject to change or fluctuation <
a fixed income
>
(2) firmly set in the mind <
a fixed idea
>
(3) having a final or crystallized form or character (4) recurring on the same date from year to year <
fixed holidays
>
d. immobile, concentrated <
a fixed stare
>
2. supplied with something (as money) needed <
comfortably fixed
>
fixedly adverbfixedness noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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