fixature (fiksatur)

[ The most fixt Being still does move and fly Swift as the Wings of Time 'tis measur'd by. Cowley, The Mistre , Inconstancy. A true judgment and consideration of.. things be forehand keeps the mind of man more steady and fixt amidst all the contingencies of humane affairs. Stilling fleet, Sermons, I. x. IMG:content-1405.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In her., same as fir me.-4. In zoöl., not free or locomotory; rooted or otherwise attached to some object.-5. In com., without grace or days of grace: said of drafts and other commercial papers payable on a specified date without grace. Fixed air. See air1. - Fixed alkalis. See al kali.- Fixed ammunition. See ammunition. - Fixed bodies, those bodies which bear a high heat without evaporation or volatilization.- Fixed capital. See capital2. - Fixed dial. See dial. - Fixed do. See fixed syllables. -Fixed fact, a positive or well-established fact. - Fixed fires. See firework. Fixed force, a force resident in a body, as gravitation. - Fixed gases. See gas. - Fixed idea. See idea. Fixed income. See income. Fixed oils, oils obtained by simple pre ure, and not readily volatilized: so called in distinction from volatile oils. They are compounds of glycerin and certain organic acids, Such compounds are exclusively natural products, none having been as yet formed artificially. Among animals they occur chiefly in the cellular membrane; among plants, in the seeds, capsules, or pulp surrounding the seed, very seldom in the root. They are generally inodorous, and when fluid or melted make a greasy stain on paper, which is permanent.- Fixed star. See star. - Fixed syllables, in sol mization, the system which applies a given syllable to a given tone and to all of its chromatic derivatives, without respect to their key-relationship. Thus, C, C, and Care all always called do, D, D, and Do are all always called re, etc. Hence often called the fixed -do system. It is most used in southern Europe. Its utility consists simply in furnishing speech-sounds for elementary vocal study, rather than a real system of solmization. fixed-eyed (fikst'id), a. In Crustacea, se ile eyed; edriophthalmous. fixedly (fik's ed-li), adv. In a fixed or settled or established manner; firmly; steadfastly. And when our hearts are once stript naked and carefully searcht, let our eyes be ever fixedly bent upon their conveyances and inclinations. Bp . Hall , Great Impostor. fixedne (fik's ed-nes), n . The state of being fixed; stability; firmne ; steadfastne ; firm coherence: as, a fixedne in religion or polities; fixedne of opinion on any subject; the fixed ne of gold. There are or may be some corporeal things in the compa of the universe that may po ibly be of such a fixed ne , stability, and permanent nature, that may sustain an external existence, at least dependently upon the supreme cause. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind, iii. § L