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Definition: Fixture |
FixtureNoun1. A object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fixture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Something that is fixed or attached as a permanent appendage or a structural part. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | Means for keeping the workpiece and tool-electrode in a defined position, to conduct the current and to lead the electrolyte to the working gap. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | Personal property that becomes real property upon being attached to real estate, such as a light fixture that is securely fastened to a wall or ceiling. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Any holding device for workpieces, i. e. device for positioning the workpiece in relation to the tool. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Part for supporting the platen. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A work-holding device which is not provided with a tool guide and which must therefore be secured to the table. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Small jig or device for holding parts in the proper portion for a detail subassembly. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture. |
Stability | Establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fixture |
| English words defined with "fixture": barndoor, bathroom fixture, Bracket light ♦ can, chandelier, commode, console, crapper ♦ fount, fountain ♦ Gas-burner ♦ indirect lighting ♦ lighting fixture ♦ pendant, plumbing fixture, pot, potty ♦ Sewing press, Sewing table, Shooting board, shower, sink, soap dish, stool ♦ throne, toilet, Tuyere ♦ urinal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fixture": FIXTURE MAKER, fixture relamper ♦ TEST FIXTURE ASSEMBLER, TEST FIXTURE DESIGNER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fixture": Fixure. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Subcontracting. Bogie-wheel assembly. Lining up a milling machine fixture in the shop of an Eastern subcontractor working on the production of bogie-wheel assembly parts. The particular operation shown is the milling of a slot in a rubbing plate. Painesvi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fitting the tail of a transport plane to the wing center section in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Putting the nose section of a mighty transport plane in place in the fuselage mating fixture at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey. Acoustics auditorium, lighting fixture. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, 9th and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lighting fixture detail. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Esso Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lighting fixture. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gimbels, business in Westchester. To lighting fixture in men's department. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Stouffer's Westgate, Cleveland, Ohio. Lighting fixture. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Rustic wall" by Dave Edwards Commentary: "A random fixture on a wall outside that i thought would look interesting in black and white!." | "Flourescent_01" by Jason Smith Commentary: "Flourescent light fixture." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | If your trade is with the Celestial Empire, then some small counting house on the coast, in some Salem harbor, will be fixture enough |
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Economic History | Canada | The issue has been a fixture in Canadian history, dating back to the 18th century rivalry between France and Britain. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fixture" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fixture" is used about 422 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 422 | 13,494 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fixture": bathroom fixture ♦ fixture list ♦ gas fixture ♦ light fixture ♦ lighting fixture ♦ ligthing fixture ♦ plumbing fixture ♦ workholding fixture. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fixture": fixture-clogging, fixture-lists, fixture-making. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "fixture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | punonjës i përhershëm, orendi të fiksuara, instalime, garë e planifikuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | مظهر ثابت, تجهيزات (appointment, equipment, fitting, outfit, rigging, supply), تثبيت (confirmation, fixation, fixing, lock, verification), ترسيخ (establishing, establishment, fixation, fixing, solidification, stabilization, substantiation), ثبات (constancy, determination, endurance, fastness, firmness, fixedness, fixity, immobility, immovability, invariability, perseverance, persistence, resolution, solidity, stability, steadiness, stillness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отдавнашен заселник, арматура (accessories, armature, fitments, key signature), дата на спортно състезание. (various references) | |
Chinese | 裝置物 (installation). (various references) | |
Czech | upínaè. (various references) | |
Danish | fixtur (any fixture in which one or more electrodes are mounted, workholding fixture), svejseplan, skruestik (bench-screw, holder, screw vice, vice, workholder, work-holding device), opspaendingsvaerktoej, opspændingsplade (clamping plate), opspændingsfikstur, modholdsplade, emneholder (workholder, work-holding device, workholding fixture). (various references) | |
Dutch | werkstukspaninrichting, werkstukhouder (workholder, work-holding device), voorziening (supply), opspanplaat (backplate, clamping plate, platen), opspanning, opspaninrichting, lasklem, klem (accent, emphasis), drukplaat. (various references) | |
Finnish | työkappaleen kiinnitin (platen, workholder, work-holding device), kiinnityslevy (clamping plate), kiinnityslaatta (clamping plate, platen), kiinnitin (fastener, fixing device, joining means), kappaleen kiinnitysväline (workholder, work-holding device). (various references) | |
French | appareil. (various references) | |
German | vorrichtung (apparatus, appliance, artifice, contrivance, device, gadget, gear, set), Spannung (excitement, strain, stress, suspense, tautness, tension, tightness, voltage), Befestigungsorgan. (various references) | |
Greek | συσκευή (apparatus, appliance, contrivance, device, tackle), συνάντηση (appointment, competition, encounter, meeting, rencontre, rencounter, rendezvous), στερέωση (fastening, fixation, fixing), ιδιοσυσκευή συναρμολογήσεως, μηχάνημα (contrivance, device, gadget, machine), μηχανισμός (mechanism), προσάρτημα αυτοκινήτου, πλάκα στήριξης (clamping plate), πλάκα αντιστήριξης, αναπόσπαστο εξάρτημα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקבע (fixation, mounting), קבועה, קבוע (constant, fitted, fixation, fixed, fixing, habitual, permanent, regular, set, settled, stable, standing, stated, stationary, steady, uniform), עובד ותיק (veteran), אביזר (accessory). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hozzávaló (accessories, appurtenance, etcetera, ingredient, makings, tackle), alkatrész (component, detail, loose part, part, piece, piece part, refill, slide). (various references) | |
Indonesian | fitting (light socket). (various references) | |
Italian | montaggio (assembling, assembly, cutting, editing, erection, montage, mounting), installazioni, infisso (frame), impianto (establishment, framework, implant, implantation, installation, machinery, plant, rig, system), dispositivo portapezzo (workholder, work-holding device), dispositivo di serraggio del pezzo (workholding fixture), data fissata per un avvenimento sportivo, attrezzo (implement, tool), attrezzatura di fissaggio del pezzo (workholding fixture), apparecchiatura (equipment, machinery). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 造り付け (built in, fixed). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つくりつけ (built in, fixed). (various references) | |
Korean | 정착물. (various references) | |
Manx | do-scughey, do-arraghey (fixed, foolproof). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ixturefay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fixação (allocation, anchorage, definition, determination, fastening, fixation, furnishings, placement, retention, setting, settlement, settling). (various references) | |
Romanian | dispozitiv fixat, dispozitiv de prindere (pick up), dependinţe (enlargement, office, outbuildings), datã fixatã pentru o întâlnire sportivã, armãturã (armature, Armor, armour, coat, fitting, keeper), accesoriu (accessary, accessories, accessory, accidental, adjunct, adjunctive, adventitious, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, attachment, bye, second, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary). (various references) | |
Russian | заранее назначенный день, арматура (accessory, armature, carcass, fittings, fixtures, mounting, reinforcement), прибор;деталь. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | deo pribora. (various references) | |
Spanish | fijación (attachment, fastening, fixation, fixing), fecha fijada, dispositivo de sujeción de la pieza sin guía (workholding fixture), dispositivo de sujeción de la pieza (workholder, work-holding device), artículos fijos, adorno (adornment, deck, decoration, dedication, garnish, garnishee, motif, ornament, trimming). (various references) | |
Swedish | fixtur (fixing plate), fast tillbehör. (various references) | |
Turkish | fikstür, tesisat (fitment, fitting, installation, installment, instalment), sabit eşya, demirbaş (old timer, plant), bağlama (affiliation, attribution, connecting, coupling, fastening, folk instrument with three double strings, immobilization, lacing, lashing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старожил (old timer), щось твердо визначене, прикріплення (attachment). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật cố định, ngày thi, ngày đấu, cuộc thi. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fixture": fixtures. (additional references) | |
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"Fixture" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faiture, fiexure, fixator, fixature. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fixture" (pronounced fi"kskher) |
| 5 | -i" k s kh er | mixture. |
| 4 | -k s kh er | texture. |
| 3 | -s kh er | gesture, moisture, pasture, posture. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-r-t-u-x" | |
-1 letter: fixure. | |
-2 letters: fixer, fruit, refit, refix, uteri. | |
-3 letters: etui, exit, fire, fixt, fret, frit, reft, reif, rife, rift, rite, tier, tire, tref, true, turf. | |
-4 letters: eft, fer, fet, feu, fie, fir, fit, fix, fur, ire, ref, rei, ret, rex, rif, rue, rut, tie, tui, tux. | |
-5 letters: ef, er, et, ex, if, it, re, ti, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-r-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: fixtures. | |
+5 letters: fluidextract. | |
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