fixed

1. imp. & p. p. of Fix Source: opted

2. a. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. Source: opted

3. a. Stable; non-volatile. Source: opted

4. adj. (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value Source: wordnet

5. adj. fixed and unmoving Source: wordnet

6. adj. securely placed or fastened or set Source: wordnet

7. adj. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’ Source: wordnet

8. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. 2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. -- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. -- Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. -- Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. -- Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. -- Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4. -- Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.] -- Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. -- Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils. -- Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. -- Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. Source: webster

9. Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid orcarbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbedor fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.-- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, orpotash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.-- Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosedtogether in a case ready for loading.-- Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns andmortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movablebattery.-- Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated bya common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum,lime, etc.-- Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4.-- Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.] -- Fixed light,one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing,revolving, or intermittent light.-- Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearineand olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not bedistilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essentialoils.-- Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line oftroops wheels.-- Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly thesame apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thusdistinguished from planets and comets. Source: adambom

10. j:100 s. (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value s. fixed and unmoving a. securely placed or fastened or set s. incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices" Source: ecdict

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