Fixity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

the quality of being incapable of mutation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɪksᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɪksɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɪksɪti/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈɪksᵻɾi/.

Examples

Darwin challenged the fixity of species

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

secureness immutableness fastness immutability fixedness fixture

Antonyms

mutableness looseness mutability

Parts of Speech

noun	the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
noun	the quality of being incapable of mutation “Darwin challenged the fixity of species”

Word Forms

fast	adjective	securely fixed in place
fixed	adjective	securely placed or fastened or set
fix	verb	cause to be firmly attached
secure	adjective	not likely to fail or give way
immutable	adjective	not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fixität

die Qualität, wie durch eine feste Bindung an Ort und Stelle fixiert zu sein

🇫🇷French

fixité

la qualité d'être fixé en place comme par un attachement ferme

🇪🇸Spanish

fijeza

la cualidad de estar fijado en un lugar como por algún apego firme

🇮🇹Italian

fissità

la qualità di essere fissati sul posto come da un fermo attaccamento

🇳🇱Dutch

vastheid

de kwaliteit van het op zijn plaats gefixeerd zijn als door een stevige gehechtheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

fixidez

a qualidade de ser fixado no lugar como por algum apego firme

🇷🇺Russian

неподвижность

качество фиксации на месте, как при помощи какого-то прочного крепления

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्थिरता

किसी दृढ़ लगाव द्वारा यथास्थान स्थिर होने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

স্থিরতা

কিছু দৃঢ় সংযুক্তি দ্বারা জায়গায় স্থির করা হচ্ছে গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

பொருத்துதல்

சில உறுதியான இணைப்பின் மூலம் நிலையானதாக இருக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

స్థిరత్వం

కొంత దృఢమైన అటాచ్‌మెంట్ ద్వారా స్థిరంగా ఉండే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

स्थिरता

काही फर्म संलग्नक म्हणून ठिकाणी निश्चित होण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્થિરતા

અમુક નિશ્ચિત જોડાણ દ્વારા સ્થાને નિશ્ચિત થવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಥಿರತೆ

ಕೆಲವು ದೃಢವಾದ ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯದಿಂದ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿರುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്ഥിരത

ചില ദൃഢമായ അറ്റാച്ച്മെൻറ് വഴി സ്ഥിരമായിരിക്കുന്ന ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਥਿਰਤਾ

ਕੁਝ ਪੱਕੇ ਅਟੈਚਮੈਂਟ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਥਾਨ 'ਤੇ ਸਥਿਰ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

استحکام

کسی مضبوط اٹیچمنٹ کے ذریعہ جگہ پر طے ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

固定性

通过某种牢固的附着力固定在适当位置的质量

🇯🇵Japanese

固定性

何かしっかりとした取り付け物によって所定の位置に固定される性質

🇰🇷Korean

정착

어떤 확고한 애착에 의해 제자리에 고정되는 성질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tính cố định

chất lượng của việc được cố định tại chỗ như bởi một sự gắn bó chắc chắn nào đó

🇹🇭Thai

ความคงที่

คุณภาพของการถูกยึดอยู่กับที่โดยความยึดติดอันมั่นคงบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketetapan

kualitas ditetapkan pada tempatnya seperti oleh keterikatan yang kuat

🇵🇭Filipino

katatagan

ang kalidad ng pagiging maayos sa lugar tulad ng sa pamamagitan ng ilang matatag na attachment

🇲🇾Malay

ketepatan

kualiti yang ditetapkan di tempat seperti oleh beberapa lampiran yang kukuh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ثبات

جودة التثبيت في مكانه كما هو الحال من خلال بعض الارتباطات الثابتة

🇮🇷Persian

ثابت بودن

کیفیت ثابت شدن در جای خود مانند برخی از اتصالات محکم

🇹🇷Turkish

sabitlik

sağlam bir bağlantıyla yerine sabitlenme kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קְבִיעוּת

האיכות של להיות קבוע במקום כמו על ידי התקשרות איתנה כלשהי

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The primary meaning of 'fixity' is 'the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment'.

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