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fixity

noun
/ˈfɪksɪti/

Etymology

From fix + -ity.

  1. derived from *dʰeygʷ-✻
  2. derived from fīxus
  3. derived from *fixer✻
  4. inherited from fixen
  5. suffixed as fixity — “fix + ity”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being fixed

    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[.]

  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.

The neighborhood

Derived

unfixity

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fixity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA