fixednessn.

Brit.

/ˈfɪksᵻdnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈfɪksᵻdnᵻs/

Etymology: formed as fixed adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or condition of being fixed in various senses.

a. Of material things: Immobility, steadiness of position, stillness, permanence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > condition of remaining in one place

fixure1603

stability1625

fixedness1647

lying1683

stationariness1727

fixation1894

staticness1940

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun]

stablenessa1300

tack1412

steadfastnessc1450

surenessc1450

stability1470

radicationa1500

constance1509

steadiness1530

certitudea1533

firmance1533

staidness1556

establishment1561

settledness1571

settling1582

state1597

groundedness1601

inviscerationa1631

setness1642

unmalleableness1644

fixedness1647

poise1649

inveteracy1716

well-foundedness1735

fixity1791

unmalleability1828

deep-rootedness1860

instatement1877

steady state1885

hard and fastness1897

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > permanent state or condition

stay1536

fixedness1647

fixity1791

stability1855

stationarity1901

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. i. xxxiii What eye could bear in contemplation So long a fix'dnesse?

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 66 The Earth was made for fixednesse, and stability.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 170 The..Fix'dness of a Star.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 448 The beauty and fixedness of the colours.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 590/1 The Eleatic ‘fixedness’, which was the formal opposite of the Heracleitan ‘flux’.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table xii. 383 The fixedness of the smileless mouth.

b. Of immaterial things: Definiteness, invariability. Of persons and their attributes: Firmness, resoluteness, steadfastness (in); steadfast adherence to (a cause); intentness, attentiveness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [noun]

unchangeabilityc1400

equability1531

unchangeableness1548

constancy1593

immutability1593

immutableness1610

oneness1611

unvariableness1611

irrevocability1613

unalterableness1620

fixedness1626

irreversiblenessa1631

equableness1641

invariability1644

irrevocableness1649

undiminishableness1653

invariableness1654

incommutability1674

intransmutability1692

inalterability1715

inconvertibleness1727

inchangeability1773

unimprovability1814

irreversibility1824

inconvertibilitya1832

unarbitrarinessa1834

changelessness1840

inadaptability1840

unalterability1847

unvaryingness1851

monotone1856

unmodifiableness1876

unchangingness1878

unchangedness1880

irreformability1883

plateau1897

homoeostasis1926

invariance1939

plateauing1957

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]

steadfastnessa1000

anrednessOE

stead-stathelfastness?c1225

stability13..

steadfastshipc1320

traistnessa1340

constance1340

sadnessc1384

unmovablenessc1384

hardnessa1400

steadfastheadc1400

unmobletya1425

firmitya1450

constancy1526

constantness1530

firmitude?1541

firmness1553

stoutness1561

settledness1571

cleaving1580

solidity1607

immovableness1617

staunchness1623

fixedness1626

fixationa1631

unswayednessa1656

steadiness1663

sturdiness1675

unbendingness1824

indomitability1851

indomitableness1860

thick and thin1884

fixity1885

unshakability1907

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] > condition of

whole-mindedness1528

intentiveness1561

intentness1642

undistractedness1660

fascination1768

concentrativeness1823

preoccupancy1830

absorbedness1833

concentratedness1835

engrossment1838

raptness1856

fixedness1863

absorbancy1909

1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 230 The fixednesse of his terme, is no lesse mercy, then the protraction.

1680 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 12 A person whose fixedness to the true Interest of his Majesty..they well knew.

1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches I. 110 That notwithstanding her fixedness in her own religion, she would compel none to it.

1823 Examiner 709/2 The fixedness of her despair.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. v. 362 All hearts set, with a moody fixedness, on one object.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xv. 262 He was looking at her with mild fixedness while he spoke.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 122 The great defect of both his [Plato's] constitutions is the fixedness which he seeks to impress upon them.

†2. The quality of resisting the action of heat, or of being non-volatile. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun]

fixation1626

incombustibleness1653

fixedness1665

fixity1666

incombustibilitya1691

fixidity1762

uninflammability1826

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 28 The Proprieties of Gold (such as are the Malleableness..Fixtness in the fire).

1766 W. Heberden in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 58 The natron..resembles the vegetable alkali in taste and fixedness.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 365 The fixedness of platina admirably fits it for crucibles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fixedness
释义	fixednessn. Brit. /ˈfɪksᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɪksᵻdnᵻs/ Etymology: formed as fixed adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or condition of being fixed in various senses. a. Of material things: Immobility, steadiness of position, stillness, permanence. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > condition of remaining in one place fixure1603 stability1625 fixedness1647 lying1683 stationariness1727 fixation1894 staticness1940 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun] stablenessa1300 tack1412 steadfastnessc1450 surenessc1450 stability1470 radicationa1500 constance1509 steadiness1530 certitudea1533 firmance1533 staidness1556 establishment1561 settledness1571 settling1582 state1597 groundedness1601 inviscerationa1631 setness1642 unmalleableness1644 fixedness1647 poise1649 inveteracy1716 well-foundedness1735 fixity1791 unmalleability1828 deep-rootedness1860 instatement1877 steady state1885 hard and fastness1897 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] > permanent state or condition stay1536 fixedness1647 fixity1791 stability1855 stationarity1901 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. i. xxxiii What eye could bear in contemplation So long a fix'dnesse? a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 66 The Earth was made for fixednesse, and stability. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 170 The..Fix'dness of a Star. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 448 The beauty and fixedness of the colours. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 590/1 The Eleatic ‘fixedness’, which was the formal opposite of the Heracleitan ‘flux’. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table xii. 383 The fixedness of the smileless mouth. b. Of immaterial things: Definiteness, invariability. Of persons and their attributes: Firmness, resoluteness, steadfastness (in); steadfast adherence to (a cause); intentness, attentiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [noun] unchangeabilityc1400 equability1531 unchangeableness1548 constancy1593 immutability1593 immutableness1610 oneness1611 unvariableness1611 irrevocability1613 unalterableness1620 fixedness1626 irreversiblenessa1631 equableness1641 invariability1644 irrevocableness1649 undiminishableness1653 invariableness1654 incommutability1674 intransmutability1692 inalterability1715 inconvertibleness1727 inchangeability1773 unimprovability1814 irreversibility1824 inconvertibilitya1832 unarbitrarinessa1834 changelessness1840 inadaptability1840 unalterability1847 unvaryingness1851 monotone1856 unmodifiableness1876 unchangingness1878 unchangedness1880 irreformability1883 plateau1897 homoeostasis1926 invariance1939 plateauing1957 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun] steadfastnessa1000 anrednessOE stead-stathelfastness?c1225 stability13.. steadfastshipc1320 traistnessa1340 constance1340 sadnessc1384 unmovablenessc1384 hardnessa1400 steadfastheadc1400 unmobletya1425 firmitya1450 constancy1526 constantness1530 firmitude?1541 firmness1553 stoutness1561 settledness1571 cleaving1580 solidity1607 immovableness1617 staunchness1623 fixedness1626 fixationa1631 unswayednessa1656 steadiness1663 sturdiness1675 unbendingness1824 indomitability1851 indomitableness1860 thick and thin1884 fixity1885 unshakability1907 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [noun] > condition of whole-mindedness1528 intentiveness1561 intentness1642 undistractedness1660 fascination1768 concentrativeness1823 preoccupancy1830 absorbedness1833 concentratedness1835 engrossment1838 raptness1856 fixedness1863 absorbancy1909 1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xx. 230 The fixednesse of his terme, is no lesse mercy, then the protraction. 1680 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 12 A person whose fixedness to the true Interest of his Majesty..they well knew. 1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches I. 110 That notwithstanding her fixedness in her own religion, she would compel none to it. 1823 Examiner 709/2 The fixedness of her despair. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. v. 362 All hearts set, with a moody fixedness, on one object. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xv. 262 He was looking at her with mild fixedness while he spoke. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 122 The great defect of both his [Plato's] constitutions is the fixedness which he seeks to impress upon them. †2. The quality of resisting the action of heat, or of being non-volatile. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun] fixation1626 incombustibleness1653 fixedness1665 fixity1666 incombustibilitya1691 fixidity1762 uninflammability1826 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 28 The Proprieties of Gold (such as are the Malleableness..Fixtness in the fire). 1766 W. Heberden in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 58 The natron..resembles the vegetable alkali in taste and fixedness. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 365 The fixedness of platina admirably fits it for crucibles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626
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