fixedness

from 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}]

from 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]

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