Dictionary  fixedPronunciation: (fikst), [key] —adj. 1. fastened, attached, or placed so as to be firm and not readily movable; firmly implanted; stationary; rigid. 2. rendered stable or permanent, as color. 3. set or intent upon something; steadily directed: a fixed stare. 4. definitely and permanently placed: a fixed buoy; a fixed line of defense. 5. not fluctuating or varying; definite: a fixed purpose. 6. supplied with or having enough of something necessary or wanted, as money. 7. coming each year on the same calendar date: Christmas is a fixed holiday, but Easter is not. 8. put in order. 9. Informal.arranged in advance privately or dishonestly: a fixed horse race. 10. Chem. a. (of an element) taken into a compound from its free state. b. nonvolatile, or not easily volatilized: a fixed oil. 11. Math.(of a point) mapped to itself by a given function. Cf. Brouwer fixed-point theorem. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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