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fixture

[ fiks-cher ]

noun

  1. something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.:

    a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.

  2. a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
  3. Machinery.
    1. any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.
    2. any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
  4. Law. a movable chattel, as a machine or heating plant, that, by reason of annexation to real property and adaptation to continuing use in connection with the realty, is considered a part of the realty.
  5. Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card fixturecard that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
  6. the act of fixing.
  7. British. an event that takes place regularly.


fixture

/ ˈfɪkstʃə /

noun

  1. an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance
  2. a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position
  3. property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
  4. a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
    1. a sports match or social occasion
    2. the date of such an event
  5. rare.
    the act of fixing


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Derived Forms

  • ˈfixtureless, adjective

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Other Words From

  • fixture·less adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fixture1

1590–1600; variant of obsolete fixure (< Late Latin fixūra; fix, -ure ), with -t- from mixture

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fixture1

C17: from Late Latin fixūra a fastening (with -t- by analogy with mixture )

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Example Sentences

The energy economy has always been a fixture of Texas life, and that has not changed.

Airlines in particular have been a regular fixture on the CEI list.

Carter has also been a fixture on boards and expert panels, in think tanks and at universities.

And in California, where carports are already common, solar canopies have become a fixture.

She has been a regular fixture in the British gossip pages despite a hectic schedule of rehearsals.

The terminal C is held to the metal covering of the fixture, while the end D is held to one of the wires.

In testing a fixture, the plug A is turned into a socket of some source of current, and a lamp is turned into the socket B.

The person who cares for things unusual will find the candle sconce made of a cowhorn a suitable fixture for the den.

The supply pipe to every fixture should have a stop on it directly under the fixture.

Therefore the piping for this fixture must be of a permanent nature.

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