Definitions
1.nounThe act of fixing.
2.nounThe state of being fixed or fixated.
3.nounThe act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
4.nounThe act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
5.nounIn metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
6.nounA state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing.
7.nounRecording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law."In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972."
8.nounThe change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.