fix : Idioms & Phrases

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Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars

  • the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding.
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fix up

  • verb find (something or someone) for
    • I'll fix you up with a nice girl
  • verb make arrangements for
    arrange.
    • Can you arrange a meeting with the President?
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fix-it shop

  • noun a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
    repair shop.
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fixed charge

  • noun a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
    fixed cost; fixed charge.
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fixed cost

  • noun a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
    fixed cost; fixed charge.
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fixed costs

  • noun a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
    fixed cost; fixed charge.
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fixed disk

  • noun a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
    hard disc; hard disk.
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fixed intonation

  • noun the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer
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fixed investment trust

  • noun an investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized
    nondiscretionary trust.
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fixed oil

  • noun nonvolatile animal or plant oil
    fatty oil.
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fixed phagocyte

  • noun a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.
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fixed star

  • noun any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion
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fixed storage

  • noun (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
    read-only storage; read-only memory; ROM.
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fixed-combination drug

  • noun drug containing fixed amounts of two or more ingredients
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fixed-cycle operation

  • noun an operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles
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fixed-point notation

  • noun a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
    fixed-point notation.
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fixed-point number

  • noun a number represented in fixed-point notation
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fixed-point part

  • noun the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
    mantissa.
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fixed-point representation system

  • noun a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
    fixed-point notation.
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fixed-width font

  • noun a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)
    typewriter font; monospaced font; constant-width font.
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fixing agent

  • noun a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
    fixer.
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nitrogen-fixing

  • adjective contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation
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price-fixing

  • noun control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce
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quick fix

  • noun hurried repair
    quickie; band aid; quicky.
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To fix on

  • to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.
Webster 1913

well-fixed

  • adjective satellite in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
    well-to-do; prosperous; well-heeled; well-off; comfortable; well-situated; easy.
    • they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
    • easy living
    • a prosperous family
    • his family is well-situated financially
    • well-to-do members of the community
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