fixity

The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation.

Noun

  1. The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation.
    • [O]therwise, it is almost inescapable that there must be some sort of centralized mechanism guaranteeing the fixity of prices[.] - 1995, Andreu Mas-Colell, Michael D. Whinston, Jerry R. Green, Microeconomic Theory,...
  2. Something fixed.
  3. The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix).
    • One may use a fixity declaration in Haskell to describe an operator's precedence and direction of associativity.

Origin

Etymology tree English fix Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fixity From fix + -ity.

Forms

fixities fixety

Synonyms

fixedness

Related

fixidity

Derived

unfixity