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1) защемление; закрепление2) заделка, защемляющая неподвижная опора3) неразрезность (конструкции)4) электропроводность (цепи)•
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов. 2005.
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов. 2005.
Fixity — Fix i*ty ( [i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. fixit[ e].] 1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed. [1913 Webster] 2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fixity — 1660s in physics; general use from 1791; see FIX (Cf. fix) + ITY (Cf. ity) … Etymology dictionary
fixity — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being unchanging or permanent … English terms dictionary
fixity — [fik′si tē] n. 1. the quality or state of being fixed; steadiness or permanence 2. pl. fixities anything fixed, or unmoving … English World dictionary
fixity — fixedness, fixity Both are 17c words with a range of meanings to do with abstract senses of fixing and being fixed, but fixedness is now used much less often than fixity: • Beaten into a fixity of revolutionary purpose, the peasants will have no… … Modern English usage
fixity — [[t]fɪ̱ksɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n If you talk about the fixity of something, you talk about the fact that it does not change or weaken. [WRITTEN] I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning... She believed in the fixity… … English dictionary
fixity — fix|i|ty [ˈfıksıti] n [U] formal when something does not change fixity of ▪ fixity of purpose … Dictionary of contemporary English
fixity — noun (U) formal the state of not changing: fixity of purpose … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fixity of species theory — fixity of species theory. См. теория неизменности вида. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
fixity of purpose — index diligence (perseverance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fixity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1666 1. the quality or state of being fixed or stable 2. something that is fixed … New Collegiate Dictionary