fixity
pronunciation
How to pronounce fixity in British English:
UK [ˈfɪksəti]
How to pronounce fixity in American English:
US [ˈfɪksɪti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being fixed in place
- the quality of being incapable of mutation
Word Origin
- fixity (n.)
- 1660s in physics; general use from 1791; see fix (v.) + -ity.
Example
- 1. Taxation has the characteristic of compelling , free and fixity .
- 2. That may be why subsequent efforts to transfer the same fixity of purpose to broader spheres of peacetime endeavour have fallen short .
- 3. Lacking stability or fixity or firmness .
- 4. But remember , some buddhists say change is an illusion , no less than fixity : " by stating that there is neither motion nor rest , we follow the path of the middle . "
- 5. They were not compelled to do so by anything other than their midguided analysis , certainly they were not compelled by the fixity of asian exchange rates in the period prior to mid-2004 .