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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. remaining in place;
[syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness]

2. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment;
[syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness]

3. the quality of being fixed and unchangeable;
- Example: "the fixedness of his gaze upset her"
[syn: fixedness, unalterability]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fixedness \Fix"ed*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fixedness n 1: remaining in place [syn: stationariness, immobility, fixedness] 2: the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness] [ant: looseness] 3: the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" [syn: fixedness, unalterability]