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Definition: Fix |
FixNoun1. Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage". 2. (informal) an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug. 3. The act of putting something in working order again. 4. An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers". 5. A determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target". Verb1. Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please". 2. Cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man". 3. Decide upon, as of variables in math. 4. Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please". 5. Take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him". 6. Set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!". 7. Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study; in cytology. 8. Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame". 9. Make infertile; of both males and females. 10. : put (something somewhere) firmly; ""She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fix" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Fix \Fix\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Fixed(f[i^]kst); Fixing.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Fix n.,v. What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored. Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | In navigation, a relatively accurate position determined without reference to any former position. It may be classed as visual, sonic, celestial, electronic, radio, hyperbolic, loran, radar, etc., depending upon the means of establishing it. (references) |
Literature | Fix I'm in a fix. A predicament. The allusion is to machinery which will not move. The Northumberland was in a terrible fix at the launch, when it refused to leave the dock. (1866.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Medicine | An injection, a dose of narcotics, as in "I gave myself a fix" or "I need a fix". Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A position determined from terrestrial, electronic, or astronomical data b. The act of determining a fix c. To fettle or line the hearth of puddling furnace with a fix or fettling, consisting of ores, scrap, and cinder, or other suitablesubstances. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Fix, Mend, Repair. Fix means to make fast, but its incorrect use in the sense of mend, repair, arrange, is so common that the word when properly used sounds strange, if not strained. "To fix up the room," "to fix up the accounts," "to fix up matters with my creditors," "to fix the rascals who betrayed me," are examples illustrating the looseness with which the word is used. Source: Slips of Speech. |
Transportation | A geographical position determined by visual reference to the surface, by reference to radio navigational aids, by celestial plotting, or by another navigational device. Source: European Union. (references) |
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A fix, in navigation, is a determination of position using lines of position (LOPs), either from ranges and/or bearings to terrestrial objects, stars and planets, or from radio beacons on land or on satellites.A fix is the result of the crossing of two or more lines of position, resulting in a single point, the fix. Using more lines will verify the results, and US Navy and Coast Guard consider two lines to constitute an esitmated position rather than an actual fix.
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In mathematics, a fixed point of a function is a point that is mapped to itself by the function. For example, if f is defined on the real numbers by f(x) = x2 − 3x + 4, then 2 is a fixed point of f, because f(2) = 2.See also
- Fixed point
- Brouwer fixed point theorem
- Banach fixed point theorem
- Knaster-Tarski theorem
- Y combinator / fixed point combinator
- Fixed point theorems about recursive functions
In computing, a fixed-point number representation is a real data type for a number that has a fixed number of digits after the decimal (or binary or hexadecimal) point. For example, a fixed-point number with 4 digits after the decimal point could be used to store numbers such as 1.3467, 281243.3234 and 0.1000, but would round 1.0301789 to 1.0302 and 0.0000654 to 0.0001. These fixed-point presentations are usually used, if either the executing processor does not have any floating point unit (FPU) or performance outrules exactness.
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In mathematics, groups are often used to describe symmetries of objects. This is formalized by the notion of a group action: every element of the group "acts" like a bijective map (or "symmetry") on some set. In this case, the group is also called a transformation group of the set.
Definition
If G is a group and X is a set, then a (left) group action of G on X is a binary function G × X -> X (where the image of g in G and x in X is written as g.x) which satisfies the following two axioms:
From these two axioms, it follows that for every g in G, the function which maps x in X to g.x is a bijective map from X to X. Therefore, one may alternatively and equivalently define a group action of G on X as a group homomorphism G -> Sym(X), where Sym(X) denotes the group of all bijective maps from X to X.
- g.(h.x) = (gh).x for all g, h in G and x in X.
- e.x = x for every x in X; here e denotes the identity element of G.
If a group action G × X -> X is given, we also say that G acts on the set X or X is a G-set.
In complete analogy, one can define a right group action of G on X as a function X × G -> X by the two axioms (x.g).h = x.(gh) and x.e = x. In the sequel, we consider only left group actions.
Examples
- Every group G acts on G in two natural ways: g.x = (gx) for all x in G, or g.x = (gxg -1) for all x in G.
- The symmetric group Sn and its subgroups act on the set { 1, ... , n } by permutating its elements.
- The symmetry group of a polyhedron acts on the set of vertices of that polyhedron.
- The symmetry group of any geometrical object acts on the set of points of that object.
- The automorphism group of a vector space (or graph, or group, or ring...) acts on the vector space (or set of vertices of the graph, or group, or ring...).
- The Lie groups Gl(n,R), SL(n,R) and O(n,R) act on Rn.
- The Galois group of a field extension E/F acts on the bigger field E. So does every subgroup of the Galois group.
- The additive group of the real numbers (R, +) acts on the phase space of "well-behaved" systems in classical mechanics (and in more general dynamical systems): if t is in R and x is in the phase space, then x describes a state of the system, and t.x is defined to be the state of the system t seconds later if t is positive or -t seconds ago if t is negative.
Types of actions
The action of G on X is called
Every free action on a non-empty set is faithful. A group G that acts faithfully on a set X is isomorphic to a permutation group on X. An action is regular if and only if it is transitive and free.
- transitive if for any two x, y in X there exists an g in G such that g.x = y;
- simply transitive if for any two x, y in X there exists precisely one g in G such that g.x = y.
- faithful (or effective) if for any two different g, h in G there exists an x in X such that g.x ≠ h.x;
- free if for any two different g, h in G and all x in X we have g.x ≠ h.x;
Orbits and stabilizers
If we define N = {g in G : g.x = x for all x in X}, then N is a normal subgroup of G and the factor group G/N acts faithfully on X by setting (gN).x = g.x. The action of G on X is faithful if and only if N = {e}.
If Y is a subset of X, we write GY for the set { g.y : y in Y and g in G}. We call the subset Y invariant under G if GY = Y (which is equivalent to GY ⊆ Y). In that case, G also operates on Y. The subset Y is called fixed under G if g.y = y for all g in G and all y in Y. Every subset that's fixed under G is also invariant under G, but not vice versa.
Any operation of G on X defines an equivalence relation on X: two elements x and y are called equivalent if there exists a g in G with g.x = y. The equivalence class of x under this equivalence relation is given by the set Gx = { g.x : g in G } which is also called the orbit of x. The elements x and y are equivalent if and only if their orbits are the same: Gx = Gy. Every orbit is an invariant subset of X on which G acts transitively. The action of G on X is transitive if and only if all elements are equivalent, meaning that there is only one orbit. The set of all orbits is written as X/G.
For every x in X, we define Gx = { g in G : g.x = x }. This is a subgroup of G, and it is called the stabilizer of x or isotropy subgroup at x. The action of G on X is free if and only if all stabilizers consist only of the identity element.
There is a natural bijection between the set of all left cosets of the subgroup Gx and the orbit of x, given by hGx |-> h.x. Therefore, |Gx| = [G : Gx], and so
This result, known as the orbit-stabilizer theorem, is especially useful if G and X are finite, because then it can be employed for counting arguments. A related result is Burnside's lemma:
where r is the number of orbits, and Xg is the set of points fixed by g. This result too is mainly of use when G and X are finite, when it can be interpreted as follows: the number of orbits is equal to the average number of points fixed per group element.
Morphisms and isomorphisms between G-sets
If X and Y are two G-sets, we define a morphism from X to Y to be a function f : X -> Y such that f(g.x) = g.f(x) for all g in G and all x in X. If such a function f is bijective, then its inverse is also a morphism, and we call f an isomorphism and the two G-sets X and Y are called isomorphic; for all practical purposes, they are indistinguishable in this case.
Some example isomorphisms:
With this notion of morphism, the collection of all G-sets forms a category; this category is a topos.
- Every regular G action is isomorphic to the action of G on G given by left multiplication.
- Every free G action is isomorphic to G×S, where S is some set and G acts by left multiplication on the first coordinate.
- Every transitive G action is isomorphic to left multiplication by G on the set of left cosets of some subgroup H of G.
Generalizations
One often considers continuous group actions: the group G is a topological group, X is a topological space, and the map G × X → X is continuous with respect to the product topology of G × X. The space X is also called a G-space in this case. This is indeed a generalization, since every group can be considered a topological group by using the discrete topology. All the concepts introduced above still work in this context, however we define morphisms between G-spaces to be continuous maps compatible with the action of G. The above statements about isomorphisms for regular, free and transitive actions are no longer valid for continuous group actions.
One can also consider actions of monoids on sets, by using the same two axioms as above. This does not define bijective maps and equivalence relations however.
Instead of actions on sets, one can define actions of groups and monoids on objects of an arbitrary category: start with an object X of some category, and then define an action on X as a monoid homomorphism into the monoid of endomorphisms of X. If X has an underlying set, then all definitions and facts stated above can be carried over. For example, if we take the category of vector spaces, we obtain group representations in this fashion.
One can view a group G as a category with a single object in which every morphism is invertible. A group action is then nothing but a functor from G to the category of sets, and a group representation is a functor from G to the category of vector spaces. In analogy, an action of a groupoid is a functor from the groupoid to the category of sets or to some other category.
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Nitrogen fixation is the process by which nitrogen is taken from its relatively inert molecular form (N2) in the atmosphere and converted into nitrogen compounds useful for other chemical processes (such as, notably, ammonia, nitrate and nitrogen dioxide).Nitrogen fixation is performed naturally by certain types of anaerobic bacteria. Legumess such as clover contain symbiotic bacteria of this type within nodules in their root systems, producing nitrogen compounds that help to fertilize the soil. See George Washington Carver.
Nitrogen can also be artificially fixed for use as fertilizer or in other industrial processes. The most popular method is by the Haber process. Artificial fertilizer production has achieved such scale that it is now the largest source of fixed nitrogen in the Earth's ecosystem.
See also: Nitrogen deficiency, Nitrogen cycle
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FIX | English | Traps | Food & Agriculture |
fix | Spanish | Fixing | Finance |
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Synonyms: FixSynonyms: fixing (n), hole (n), jam (n), kettle of fish (n), localisation (n), localization (n), locating (n), location (n), mending (n), mess (n), muddle (n), pickle (n), repair (n), reparation (n), bushel (v), cook (v), deposit (v), desex (v), desexualize (v), determine (v), doctor (v), fasten (v), fixate (v), furbish up (v), get (v), make (v), mend (v), pay back (v), pay off (v), posit (v), prepare (v), ready (v), restore (v), secure (v), set (v), situate (v), specify (v), sterilise (v), sterilize (v), touch on (v), unsex (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: break (v), unfasten (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrangement | Methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix. unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil; feaze. |
Density | Verb: be dense. Adjective: become solid, render solid. Adjective: solidify, solidate; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize; petrify. (harden). |
Impotence | Unman, unnerve, enervate; emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix. |
Junction | Attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; Adjective: tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter; (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry; (wed); bridge over, span. |
Location | Verb: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant; (insert); shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in. |
Quantity | Verb: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine,Verb: quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate. |
Quiescence | Pause, lull; (cessation); stand still; standing still; Verb: lock; dead lock, dead stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo. |
Resolution | Verb: have determination; Noun: know one's own mind; be resolved; Adjective: make up one's mind, will, resolve, determine; decide; (judgment); form a determination, come to a determination, come to a resolution, come to a resolve; conclude, fix, seal, determine once for all, bring to a crisis, drive matters to an extremity; take a decisive step; (choice); take upon oneself; (undertake). |
Stability | Settle, establish, stablish, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten; (join); set on its legs, float; perpetuate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Aren't you hungry, honey? You want me to fix you something (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) I fix. (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird) Sometimes there are things no one can fix. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) I need to fix this (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) The Cleaner fixed you once, but he can fix you again (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) | |
Lyrics | Ya in tha kitchen trying ta fix us a hot plate (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) What stupid poem could fix this home (Stay Together For The Kids; performing artist: Blink-182) So I think I'll go and fix myself a tall one. (Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now); performing artist: Cracker) You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day, (UP AROUND THE BEND; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) I gotta get a fix on you (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard) | |
Clever | You are an engineer if the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don't work, and you rush up to the front to fix it. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Is This Any Way to Fix a Tire? (1972) Fix That Clock (1964) The Basketball Fix (1951) A Fox in a Fix (1951) The Baseball Fix (1951) | |
Song Titles | Nothin' My Love Can't Fix (performing artist: Joey Lawrence) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Measuring three-point sextant fix during launch hydrography. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Looking for pliers to fix the truck Near Beargrass Station Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plotting three-point sextant fix with metallic three-arm protractor On the FATHOMER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Manual plotting of three-point sextant fix Using plastic three-arm protractor. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Geometry of the three-point sextant fix Diagram shows shoreline, stations, and angles measured 1931 Hydrographic Manual. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Graphic demonstrating Radio Acoustic Ranging (RAR) Developed in 1923, RAR was the first non-visual navigation system Combined velocity of sound in water with radio to obtain fix. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Inshore sextant fix hydrography as out of line-of-sight of Shoran Launch off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Eoline R. Hand Hand is plotting fix with three-arm plastic protractor With Navy crew used to do hydrography at Lahaina Roads. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Figure 3. H. Fol and E. Sarasin photometer, 1885 model. From top to bottom - Device closed; device open; the surface float. This model was designed to fix the weak point of the preceding model that was not able to execute a sole measurement at a given depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 11. W. F. Ewald's photometer, messenger model, at the end of operation. Invented by Wolfgang F. Ewald about 1910 to fix some of the problems of the previous model. First tested about 1910 off the coast of Scotland. Other tests were then made off Capri. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Below the windchime" by Brendan Paxton Commentary: "This is my windchime- a shot from below- scanned in wrong so i tried to fix osme of the colour- hope its good..." | "Medicine woes" by Loretta Humble Commentary: "Picture posed to illustrate an article on the high cost of prescription drugs. Not the best technically, but maybe you can fix it." |
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 | Hair dryer; hair blower; blower; blow; dryer; dry; fan; heat; primp; deck out; doll up; dress up; fix up; groom; gussy up; preen; prepare; prink; slick; smarten; spiff; spruce; titivate. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Delsarte | The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form. |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. |
William Ellery Channing | Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | As much as any one can make use of to any advantage of life before it spoils, so much he may by his Tabour fix a property in: whatever is beyond this, is more than his share, and belongs to others. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | It will be its duty to fix the punishment which it considers should be imposed. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She would not have been puzzled, had she dared fix on them |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Fix the sum yourself, it shall be counted out to you. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Have to fix her. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fix the specimen in 10% formalin. (references) | |
Fix leaky faucets, pipes, or other sources of water. (references) | ||
Having sealants put on healthy teeth now will save you money in the long run by avoiding fillings, crowns, or caps used to fix decayed teeth. (references) | ||
Economic History | Suriname | The NF ran its campaign on a platform to fix the faltering Surinamese economy. (references) |
India | The FII's are allowed 100 percent forward cover on investments made after March 31, 1999. Banks can fix penalties on premature withdrawal of deposits. (references) | |
Chad | As in most African countries, most informal retailers fix an exorbitant first price and eventually reduce this price after a long spirited negotiation with the buyer. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | While the law itself did not include a deadline for filing applications, a decree issued by the previous regime did fix an April 1999 filing deadline (impossible to meet for many ethnic Serbs who still were refugees outside the country). (references) |
Political Economy | DENMARK | The Government's Competition Agency regulates entities with the ability to fix prices because of their market dominance. (references) |
TUNISIA | A new law on the transactional value of imported goods eliminates the authority of Customs officials to arbitrarily fix a value. (references) | |
Trade | China | In some cases, industrial conglomerates operating as monopolies or near monopolies (such as China Telecom) have been authorized to fix prices, allocate contracts, and in other ways restrict competition among domestic and foreign suppliers. (references) |
India | Measures initiated by the Reserve Bank to integrate the Indian foreign exchange market with the global financial system include: permitting banks to fix their own position limit and aggregate gap limits; to borrow from and invest abroad up to 15 percent of tier I capital; and to arrange hedge risks for corporate clients through derivative instruments. (references) | |
Travel | Armenia | Though foreigners are largely exempt, there may be cases where officials will delay a process, hinting that a good "tip" may fix things immediately. (references) |
Worker Rights | Cape Verde | It does not fix wages for the private sector, but salary levels for civil servants provide the basis for wage negotiations in the private sector. (references) |
Burma | According to the SHRF, since August hundreds of persons from 16 to 17 villages in Wan Zing tract have been working daily to fix a major road, approximately 40 miles long. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYCOPHANT, n. One who approaches Greatness on his belly so that he may not be commanded to turn and be kicked. He is sometimes an editor. As the lean leech, its victim found, is pleased To fix itself upon a part diseased Till, its black hide distended with bad blood, It drops to die of surfeit in the mud, So the base sycophant with joy descries His neighbor's weak spot and his mouth applies, Gorges and prospers like the leech, although, Unlike that reptile, he will not let go. Gelasma, if it paid you to devote Your talent to the service of a goat, Showing by forceful logic that its beard Is more than Aaron's fit to be revered; If to the task of honoring its smell Profit had prompted you, and love as well, The world would benefit at last by you And wealthy malefactors weep anew -- Your favor for a moment's space denied And to the nobler object turned aside. Is't not enough that thrifty millionaires Who loot in freight and spoliate in fares, Or, cursed with consciences that bid them fly To safer villainies of darker dye, Forswearing robbery and fain, instead, To steal (they call it "cornering") our bread May see you groveling their boots to lick And begging for the favor of a kick? Still must you follow to the bitter end Your sycophantic disposition's trend, And in your eagerness to please the rich Hunt hungry sinners to their final ditch? In Morgan's praise you smite the sounding wire, And sing hosannas to great Havemeyher! What's Satan done that him you should eschew? He too is reeking rich -- deducting you. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Priscilla Presley | I love the concept. I think, you know, party in Hollywood. And that was really intriguing. I saw the movie about five times. Obviously, it's a little outdated but we'll fix that. |
Rush Limbaugh | President Bush has started a new initiative to fix America's woefully inept history education, so let's help by telling kids who Chamberlain was. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The authority to fix such ceilings is essential. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Before we leave this city, let's you and I work together to fix it. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Fix your vision on a new century, your century, on dreams we cannot see, on the destiny that is yours and yours alone. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Some say that the taxpayer should pick up the tab for toxic waste and let polluters who can afford to fix it off the hook. |
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| "Fix" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 65.98% of the time. "Fix" is used about 1,351 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 65.98% | 891 | 8,002 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 17.01% | 230 | 19,815 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.94% | 229 | 19,864 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,351 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fix" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fix | Last name | 2,000 | 5,710 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "fix": astronomical fix ♦ be in a fix ♦ bug fix ♦ bug fix release ♦ exit fix ♦ extricate oneself from a fix ♦ final approach fix ♦ fix a date ♦ fix a deadline ♦ fix a tax on smth. ♦ fix a time ♦ fix beforehand ♦ fix boundaries ♦ fix down ♦ fix eyes on ♦ fix fittings ♦ fix in ♦ fix in advance ♦ fix in the center ♦ fix on ♦ fix one's eyes on smb. ♦ fix one's eyes upon ♦ fix out ♦ fix smb. ♦ fix smb. up with smth. ♦ fix the bayonet ♦ fix the position of ♦ fix the price ♦ fix together ♦ fix up ♦ fix up on ♦ fix upon ♦ get a fix on ♦ get into a fix ♦ hf aerial fix ♦ hot Fix ♦ in a fix ♦ in fix ♦ initial approach fix ♦ intermediate approach fix ♦ outer fix ♦ program Temporary Fix ♦ quick fix ♦ radar fix ♦ radio fix ♦ running fix ♦ to fix ♦ To fix on ♦ transition fix. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fix": fix-and-forget, fix-it, fix-it shop, fix-price. | |
Ending with "fix": quick-fix, secret-fix, Sim-fix. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fix uv | 729 | fix a toilet | 69 |
big fix | 659 | fix mpeg | 67 |
fix | 432 | play station 2 fix | 63 |
fix credit | 340 | fix it yourself | 61 |
fix it | 253 | fix window | 59 |
hu fix | 191 | fix virus | 59 |
divx fix | 168 | fix leaky faucet | 54 |
fix it utility | 158 | fix hard drive | 54 |
avi fix | 157 | pc fix | 54 |
fix a car | 138 | fix zip | 49 |
computer fix | 138 | disk fix | 49 |
game fix | 107 | dss fix | 47 |
fix bad credit | 106 | fix a flat | 45 |
nick fix | 97 | fix a lawn mower | 44 |
fix your credit report | 96 | mp3 fix | 44 |
fix disk brakes | 90 | fix video | 44 |
fix registry | 88 | fix printer | 43 |
hu card fix | 77 | fix klez | 43 |
hot fix | 76 | mr fix it | 42 |
fix ps2 | 76 | fix mpg | 40 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fix"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vasstel (affix, attach, determine, fasten, make, make fast, secure), vasmaak (affix, attach, determine, fasten, make, make fast, secure), regmaak (repair), bepaal (affix, attach, command, confine, define, determine, fasten, limit, make, make fast, order, qualify, restrict, secure, set, set conditions, stipulate, tell), adapteer (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, fit, mount, place, put, tune), aanpas (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, fit, mount, place, put, try, try on, tune). (various references) | |
Albanian | fiksoj (affix, arrange, assign, clinch, fasten, freeze, hang, impress, Mount, nail, pin down, pose, print, secure, set, settle, stabilize), meremetoj (cobble, doctor, mend, patch up, refit, repair), bëhet e qëndrueshëm, caktoj (allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate, arrange, assign, award, call, constitute, designate, detail, instal, install, instate, intend, lay on, make, mete, name, nominate, order, put, qualify, set, tell off, zone), dallavere (hankey-pankey, hanky panky, racket), dozë droge, gjendje e vështirë (imbroglio, jam, plight, predicament, quandary, tight squeeze), i jap ryshfet, adaptoj (accommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, fit, mount, place, tune), marr hakun (avenge, get even with, pay back, pay off, revenge), vendos (arrange, be determined, Canton, choose, compose, conclude, dare, decide, determine, dispose, elect, elicit, emplace, establish, house, induct, instal, install, instate, judge, lay, locate, make up one's mind, place, propose, put, quarter, recline, resolve, rule, seat, set, settle, situate, station, Stow, take the plunge, will), ndeshje e shitur, ngul (bite into, dig, drive, drive in, jab, nail, pin down, plant, plunge, post, press in, put, sink, spit, stick, thrust, wrap up), pozicion (attitude, lay, location, notch, pose, position, ranking, situation, stance, stand), riparoj (do up, doctor, mend, recondition, refit, rehabilitate, renew, renovate, repair, solder), ryshfet (boodle, bribe, graft, hush money, palm oil, rake off, swag), shtanget, tërheq (allure, appeal, arrest, attract, bewitch, call attention to, capture, catch, charm, daggle, dangle, decoy, drag, draggle, draw, draw out, engage, entice, fetch, haul, heave, invite, jerk, lure, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull out, recall, retract, revoke, stretch, take back, tow, tug, web, withdraw), ujdis (accommodate, agree, arrange, fit in, fit up, jibe, match, repair, set), koordinatë (bearings, coordinate, coordinates). (various references) | |
Arabic | حدد (adjust, allocate, appoint, assess, assign, be specified, calibrate, center, centre, condition, constrict, define, determine, itemize, limit, line, locate, mark, name, narrow, pin, pinpoint, prefix, prescribe, qualify, set, shoe, type), رسخ (embed, entrench, establish, firm, implant, instill, plant, print, root, stabilize), ركز (center, centre, compress, concentrate, condense, distil, fasten, focus), ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bend, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant), أصلح (amend, mend, overhaul, pacify, piece, reclaim, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, refit, reform, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, retrieve, rig, right, see, set right), أعاق (baulk, clog, disserve, hamper, obstacle, obstruct, traverse), أعطى الشىء شكلا, ألقى المسؤلية, إنتقم من (get, get at smb.), شفى (cure, get better, get over, get well, heal, mend, pull round, recover, recuperate, restore, set up, skin), عالج (address, cover, cure, deal, debug, doctor, dose, handle, heal, manage, medicine, pack, process, rectify, remedy, treat), موقع السفينة أو الطائرة, حرج (awkwardness, climacteric, critical, difficulty, discomfiture, forest, high, stringent, ticklish), حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ورط (commit, embarrass, embroil, implicate, involve, tangle, wind), ورطة (box, deadlock, dilemma, entanglement, hole, hot water, jam, maw, mess, pickle, plight, predicament, quagmire, quandary, stalemate), قرر (affirm, be decided, be determined, be resolved to, choose, conclude, condition, decide, destine, determine, dispose, establish, figure, figure out, make acknowledge, make confess, make up one's mind, plump for, propose, regulate, resolve, rule, set, settle, state), لصق (affix, cement, fasten, glue, gum, paste, patch, post, splice, stick, stick down, unite), نظم (adjust, arrange, array, bed, cast, code, codify, collocate, compose, construct, control, dispose, form, groom, lay, line, marshal, mastermind, measure, order, organize, plan, poetize, put in order, put things straight, reform, regiment, regulate, regulation, right, seed, settle, shape, shuffle, sort, spruce up, stage, streamline, systematize, verse), هيأ (adapt, arm, dress, gear, get, make, predestine, prepare, ready), مأزق (bind, bottleneck, corner, critical situation, deadlock, deep water, dilemma, impasse, jam, logjam, pickle, plight, predicament, quandary, quicksands, stalemate), عدل (adjust, alter, amend, arrange, blue pencil, commute, equal, equate, erect, evenness, fairness, fashion, justice, justness, mend, modify, modulate, overhaul, qualify, reason, recast, reclaim, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, reshuffle, retrofit, revise, right, righteousness, rightness, shuffle, straighten, temper). (various references) | |
Asturian | afitar (to fix). (various references) | |
Bemba | ukukambatika (to fix). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | поправям (adjust, alter, amend, blue pencil, castigate, cobble, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix up, mend, polish, recast, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp), дилема (dilemma), затварям устата на (floor, quench), закрепвам (embed, fixate, imbed, implant, make fast, poise, underset), заковавам (board, board up, fasten with nails, immobilize, nail, nail down, transfix), забивам (drive in, embed, grind into, hammer, jab, knock home, nail, plant, plunge, ram, sink, smash, stick, thrust, thrust in), байцвам (pickle), насаждам (engraft, imbue, implant, inculcate, inform, instill, plant, set, set out), приготвям (get ready, make, make ready, make up, prepare, put up, ready), насрочвам (set down), подкуп (boodle, bribe, drop, graft, grease, hush money, oil, palm grease, palm oil, payoff, payola, refresher, subornation, sugarplum, sweetener, vail), поднасям (help, offer, present, serve, serve up), инсталирам (fix up, instal, install, put in), измамвам (abuse, befool, beguile, catch, chisel, chouse, clip, cross, dash, defraud, diddle, flam, fob, fool, gaff, go back on, green, gull, hijack, kid, mislead, mock, nobble, overreach, play false, pluck, prey, pull a fast one, put across, put on, screw, sell, shaft, short-change, slip over, spoof, swindle, take fo |
