Fixity

//ˈfɪksɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation. uncountable

    "[O]therwise, it is almost inescapable that there must be some sort of centralized mechanism guaranteeing the fixity of prices[.]"

  2. 2
    the quality of being incapable of mutation wordnet
  3. 3
    Something fixed. countable
  4. 4
    the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment wordnet
  5. 5
    The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix). countable, uncountable

    "One may use a fixity declaration in Haskell to describe an operator's precedence and direction of associativity."

Synonyms

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fixednessconfirmationembeddednessembeddednessentrenchmentestablishment

Example

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"[O]therwise, it is almost inescapable that there must be some sort of centralized mechanism guaranteeing the fixity of prices[.]"

Etymology

From fix + -ity.

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