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English Dictionary: fixedness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fixedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fixedness n remaining in place [syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness] the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment Synonym(s): fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness Antonym(s): looseness the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" Synonym(s): fixedness, unalterability
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fixedness \Fix"edness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness. 2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness* of gold.