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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
Octavio Paz

Meaning of "fixity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FIXITY

fixity  [ˈfɪksɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIXITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fixity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FIXITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fixity in the English dictionary

The definition of fixity in the dictionary is the state or quality of being fixed; stability. Other definition of fixity is something that is fixed; a fixture.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FIXITY


biconvexity
ˌbaɪkənˈvɛksɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
complexity
kəmˈplɛksɪtɪ
convexity
kənˈvɛksɪtɪ
curiosity
ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
density
ˈdɛnsɪtɪ
diversity
daɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
duplexity
djuːˈplɛksɪtɪ
electricity
ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ
ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ
intensity
ɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ
laxity
ˈlæksɪtɪ
perplexity
pəˈplɛksɪtɪ
prolixity
prəʊˈlɪksɪtɪ
siccity
ˈsɪksɪtɪ
simplicity
sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
unfixity
ʌnˈfɪksɪtɪ
university
ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
velocity
vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FIXITY

fixed-price
fixed-price contract
fixed-rate financing
fixed-term contract
fixed-term tenancy
fixed-wing aircraft
fixedly
fixedness
fixer
fixing
fixing bath
fixings
fixit
fixities
fixive
fixt
fixture
fixture list
fixtureless
fixure

WORDS THAT END LIKE FIXITY

ability
activity
authority
availability
celebrity
community
facility
functionality
hospitality
humanity
humidity
identity
in the majority
majority
minority
New York City
opportunity
quality
quantity
reality

Synonyms and antonyms of fixity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FIXITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fixity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fixity

Translation of «fixity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FIXITY

Find out the translation of fixity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fixity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fixity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

固定性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fijeza
570 millions of speakers

English

fixity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थिरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثبات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неподвижность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fixidez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপরিবর্তনীয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fixité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesempurnaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Festigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

定着
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고착
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fixity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính cố định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எக்ஸ்டென்சிபில் ஸ்டைல்ஷீட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थैर्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sabitlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fissità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stałość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нерухомість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fixitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στερεότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onveranderlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oföränderlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fixity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fixity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FIXITY»

The term «fixity» is regularly used and occupies the 79.771 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FIXITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fixity

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2 QUOTES WITH «FIXITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fixity.
1
Octavio Paz
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
2
Octavio Paz
Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary - or would not be fixity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIXITY»

Discover the use of fixity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fixity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rock-socketed Shafts for Highway Structure Foundations
Top of Column V Equivalent Fixed-end Column depth of fixity FIGURE 47 Depth of fixity for equivalent fixed-end column. y y Deep Foundation General Issues Section 10.8.3.9 (“Shaft Structural Resistance”) of the 2006 Interim AASHTO LRFD ...
John P. Turner, 2006
2
Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International ...
In this book, Boaz Atzili argues that the process of state building has long been influenced by external territorial pressures and competition, with the absence of border fixity contributing to the evolution of strong states—and its ...
Boaz Atzili, 2012
3
Fixity of Tenure. A dialogue. By an Irish Landlord
to go with his family to the workhouse; and so (as I believe) it will be found that an Act passed for fixity of tenure will act most injuriously for the poorer classes, and will not, except in few cases, be found to produce fixity of tenure at all. Let any ...
4
Transforming Urban Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow
This collection engages with major theoretical debates and empirical findings on the ways waterfronts transform and have been transformed in port-cities in North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean.
Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Quentin Stevens, 2012
5
Stability and Operation of Jackups
4.4.4 Evaluation of Limit Foundation Fixity by a Simplified Method 199 4.4.4.1 Limit Foundation Fixity of a Spud Can on a Stiff Clay 200 4.4.4.2 Limit Foundation Fixity of a Spud Can on a Dense Sand 202 4.4.4.3 Inadequacies of the Simplified  ...
Pierre Le Tirant, Christian Pérol, 1993
6
Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies After Elizabeth L. ...
Chapter 7 Fixity versus Flexibility in "A Song on Tom of Danby" and Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel Harold Love Elizabeth Eisenstein's endorsement of textual stability or "fixity" as a primary advantage of transmission through the press over ...
Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Eric N. Lindquist, Eleanor F. Shevlin, 2007
7
The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's ...
In fixity, the situation is not like this. In fixity, pain is not in the entity of the one who suffers pain. Rather, it is only in its own entity. So pain takes pleasure through its fixity, just as it takes pleasure through its wujud in the one who suffers pain, but ...
William C. Chittick, 1998
8
On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World
On the Move presents a rich history of one of the key concepts of modern life: mobility.
Timothy Cresswell, 2012
9
Yoga Journal
state of fixity. It should be remembered that this ability will not occur unless the practice is diligent. In addition, purity of practice is necessary; a frivolous attitude toward developing these abilities will inhibit progress. The next suggestion ...
10
The Nyâya Sûtras of Gotama
Some say that there is no lack of fixity, because the absence of fixity itself is fixed. — 55. I is sometimes modified into y, and y, sometimes into i. So in respect of letters there is no fixity as to the original materials of their modification. This much  ...
Nandalal Sinha, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIXITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fixity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens
"There's a difference in the fixity of paper and the intangibility of a digital text," explains Mangen. "And it then becomes a question for what kinds ... «Co.Design, Jul 15»
2
Mr Fixity: PM Modi stands unmoved by political dust-storm
At times like this, with the air heavier, hotter and wetter than in a sauna, we Bharatvasis long for the cool breeze of reason to blow in soothing ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
A Portrait of the Spanish Labour Market
The original legislation was based on an outpaced model in which employment was more or less uniform, with low turnover, fixity in the workplace and a strong ... «Who's Who Legal, Jun 15»
4
The gloss and gutsiness of West Cork Chamber Music Festival
The Cremona Quartet's way with the music turned out to be a harbinger of a certain fixity that was evident, too, in the group's later performances ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
5
With his gunfighter mo, Aussie 'devil' had to win, no matter what
As a chess grandmaster, Australian-born Walter Browne had a fixity of purpose and adegree of self-assurance that sometimes put people off. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
6
Strange Fruit by Kenan Malik: A polemic against racism and identity …
[4] In fact, the fundamental philosophical orientation of racial theory—which assumes the fixity of characteristics—ran entirely counter to natural ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
7
Walter S. Browne, charismatic chess champion, dies at 66
Mr. Browne displayed a fixity of purpose and a degree of self-assurance that sometimes put people off. A 1976 profile in Sports Illustrated ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
8
Museum & Gallery Listings for June 26-July 2
... it is about fixity? This show, which mixes Figueroa film clips with paintings and prints by some of Mexico's greatest artists and in the process ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
9
Entering An 'Unfamiliar World': What Outstation Students Feel Before …
Fixity is the requisite ingredient in everyone's life, the realisation of its cessation and replacement by the unfamiliar seems catastrophic in our ... «Youth Ki Awaaz, Jun 15»
10
Yoga as a post-modern message
Mixing the idea of fixity as concentration with fluidity that lets diasporic plural narratives float within it, it taps into the latent search to escape the ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jun 15»

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