ˈfikst adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of fixen to fix — more at fix
1.
a. : securely placed or fastened
a fixed piece of wood
: not adjustable
a fixed resistor
: permanently and definitely located : stationary , immovable
there were no fixed theaters in the provinces — G.M.Trevelyan
b.
(1) : nonvolatile
a fixed acid
fixed carbon
(2) : combined 1b, bound 6
fixed nitrogen
(3) : slowly soluble as a result of combination
fixed copper fungicides
c.
(1) : not subject to change or fluctuation : absolute , settled , definite
revolution … could never be a fixed right — S.W.Chapman
urged the assembly to grant him a fixed salary
a fixed rate pays for transportation … and food on tours — Current Biography
(2) : held to tenaciously and often blindly or obsessively : unswerving , set
is very fixed in his ways and thought
the man of fixed ideas … is today a public danger — Nation
(3) : having a final or crystallized form or character : incapable of further development : frozen
America is not yet a fixed and settled land — Barbara Ward
the respect of the eighteenth century for fixed forms — R.B.West
animal species are fixed and it is possible to define them in static terms — H.M.Parshley
(4) : recurring on the same date from year to year
fixed feast
d. : rigid , immobile , concentrated
sat with a look of fixed attention on his face
her thick glasses gave her eyes a fixed stare — Allen Tate
2. : supplied with a definite amount of something needed or desirable : provided
how are we fixed for seamen — Argosy
especially : supplied with money : well-fixed