Fix-ā'tion, n.
(fiks-ā'shun), n. [Fr. fixation, Sp. fixación, It. fissazione.]
Sense 1. The act of fixing, making firm, holding steady, or establishing.
Sense 2. The state of being firm or stable; steadiness; constancy.
To light, created in the first day, God gave no certain place or fixation. Raleigh.
Sense 3. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form;—said of gaseous elements.
Sense 4. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. Granville.
Sense 5. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat;—said of metals. Bacon.