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fix⋅ture

  [fiks-cher]
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–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.
a. any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, esp. one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.
b. 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 (fixture 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.
Origin:
1590–1600; var. of obs. fixure (< LL fixūra; see fix, -ure ), with -t- from mixture

Related forms:
fix⋅ture⋅less, adjective
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fix·ture   (fĭks'chər)   
n.  
  1. Something securely fixed in place.
  2. Something attached as a permanent appendage, apparatus, or appliance: plumbing fixtures.
  3. Law A chattel bound to realty.
  4. One that is invariably present in and long associated with a place: a journalist who became a Washington fixture.
    1. The act or process of fixing.
    2. The condition of being fixed.

[Variant of obsolete fixure, from Late Latin fīxūra, from Latin fīxus, fixed; see fix.]
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