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fixture
[ fiks-cher ]
noun
- something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.:
a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
- Machinery.
- 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.
- any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
- 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.
- Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card fixturecard that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
- the act of fixing.
- British. an event that takes place regularly.
fixture
/ ˈfɪkstʃə /
noun
- an object firmly fixed in place, esp a household appliance
- a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position
- property law an article attached to land and regarded as part of it
- a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool
- a sports match or social occasion
- the date of such an event
- rare.the act of fixing
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Derived Forms
- ˈfixtureless, adjective
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Other Words From
- fixture·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fixture1
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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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