Fixed capital

Fixed \Fixed\ (f[i^]kst), a.
   1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm;
      imovable; unalterable.
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   2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile.
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   {Fixed air} (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; --
      so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed
      by strong bases. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.

   {Fixed alkali} (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or
      potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
      

   {Fixed ammunition} (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed
      together in a case ready for loading.

   {Fixed battery} (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns
      and mortars intended to remain stationary; --
      distinguished from movable battery.

   {Fixed bodies}, those which can not be volatilized or
      separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty,
      as gold, platinum, lime, etc.

   {Fixed capital}. See the Note under {Capital}, n., 4.

   {Fixed fact}, a well established fact. [Colloq.]

   {Fixed light}, one which emits constant beams; --
      distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent
      light.

   {Fixed oils} (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as
      stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain,
      and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished
      from volatile or {essential oils}.

   {Fixed pivot} (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of
      troops wheels.

   {Fixed stars} (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly
      the same apparent position and distance with respect to
      each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
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capital \cap"i*tal\ (k[a^]p"[i^]*tal), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and
   capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a
   column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See
   {chief}, and cf. {cattle}, {chattel}, {chapiter}, {chapter}.]
   1. (Arch.) The head or uppermost member of a column,
      pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts,
      abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and
      {Column}.
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   2. [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.) The seat of
      government; the chief city or town in a country; a
      metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" --Macauly.
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   3. [Cf. F. capital.] Money, property, or stock employed in
      trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as
      distinguished from the income or interest. See {Capital
      stock}, under {Capital}, a.
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   4. (Polit. Econ.) That portion of the produce of industry,
      which may be directly employed either to support human
      beings or to assist in production. --M'Culloch.
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   Note: When wealth is used to assist production it is called
         capital. The capital of a civilized community includes
         {fixed capital} (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads
         used in the course of production and exchange) and
         {circulating capital} (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc.,
         spent in the course of production and exchange). --T.
         Raleigh.
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   5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or
      influence.
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            He tried to make capital out of his rival's
            discomfiture.                         --London
                                                  Times.
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   6. (Fort.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or
      other work, into two equal parts.
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   7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.]
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            Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   8. (Print.) See {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a.
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   {Active capital}. See under {Active},

   {Small capital} (Print.), a small capital letter; informally
      referred to (in the plural) as {small caps}; as, the
      technical terms are listed in {small caps}. See under
      {Capital}, a.

   {To live on one's capital}, to consume one's capital without
      producing or accumulating anything to replace it.
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