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Fixation
fɪkˈseɪʃn
Fixation definitions
noun
fixation
fixations
- an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something
"our fixation with diet and fitness"
obsession with preoccupation with mania for- (in Freudian theory) the arresting of part of the libido at an immature stage, causing an obsessive attachment
"fixation at the oral phase might result in dependence on others"
- the action or process of fixing or being fixed
"sand-dune fixation"
- the process by which some plants and microorganisms assimilate nitrogen or carbon dioxide
"his work on nitrogen fixation in plants"
- the process of preserving or stabilizing (a specimen) with a chemical substance prior to microscopy or other examination
"biopsy specimens were placed in cassettes before fixation in formalin"
- the action of concentrating the eyes directly on something
"during the period of total blindness there was a complete absence of visual fixation"