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fixidity

fixidity noun: the quality of being fixed.

Noun

fixidity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being fixed.
    • Sometimes the bodies mingled by the fire are differing enough as to fixidity and volatility , and yet are so combined by the first operation of the fire , that itself does scarce afterwards separate them1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC
    • Among the baſe metals, Copper retains its fixidity the longeſt in the fire next to Iron1762, Anton Friedrich Buesching, A New System of Geography

Questions about fixidity

What does fixidity mean?
Fixidity means the quality of being fixed.
What part of speech is fixidity?
Fixidity is a noun.

Words near fixidity in the dictionary

  1. fixest
  2. fixeth
  3. fixeties
  4. fixety
  5. Fixico
  6. fixidity
  7. fixie
  8. fixies
  9. fixigena
  10. fixigenae
  11. fixigenal

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