fixity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
    secureness; fixedness; fixture; fastness.
  2. noun the quality of being incapable of mutation
    immutableness; immutability.
    • Darwin challenged the fixity of species

WordNet

Fix"i*ty noun
Etymology
Cf. F. fixité.
Definitions
  1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.
  2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.

Webster 1913