(n.) Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.
(n.) Coherence of parts.
Example Sentences:
(1) A history of pain, hardness, and fixity, found in 30-50% of parotid cancers, were significant indicators of malignancy.
(2) Lesions observed in the small bowel included fixity of bowel loops, thickening of the wall, coarsening of the mucosal pattern and strictures.
(3) Rectal endosonographic estimation of rectal cancer depth of invasion is an accurate measure of tumour penetration and may help distinguish between fixation due to inflammatory tissue and tumour fixity.
(4) Or it could be an excuse for division, intrigue and the sort of ideological fixity that makes the voters nervous of the Tories in confined spaces.
(5) skin tumors occurring over the breast may be clinically mistaken for breast carcinoma owing to their fixity to the skin.
(6) The indispensable distance between a fictional model and the fixity of a model (such as the electroencephalographic trace) becomes a fertile source when other paths are prudently explored and in the reduction of the illusion that one model can possibly overlap the other.
(7) The fixity of the therapeutic demand of the transsexual renders it refractory to psychotherapeutic analysis, which always tries to reveal an other demand behind the explicit demand.
(8) We therefore measured the activity of four peptidases in 50 specimens of tumour and normal colonic wall from patients with a rectal or sigmoid carcinoma, and correlated this with the stage, differentiation, fixity of the tumour and presence of venous invasion, determined histologically.
(9) It is stressed in one case the particular fixity of the maternal phantasmatic world and in the other the modifiability which can be influenced, in the latter case, by the conscious fantasies and the relationship with her own family and her own child.
(10) A quantitative method was proposed to evaluate with greater sensitivity the intensity of delusional conviction and its fixity over time.
(11) Also, operators postures are often incorrect, making problems related to their own fixity worse.
(12) Observations during operation such as palpable lymph nodes, fixity to adjacent organs, and tumor spill were related to a diminished tumor-free survival.
(13) The Ho's N-staging is superior to the other N-stage classifications, because once the Ho's N-stage has been determined, other nodal characteristics including nodal size, multiplicity, laterality, and fixity, are prognostically insignificant.
(14) There were two special characteristics: fixity in time, and the ability to produce the pain on palpation of the region around the aorta.
(15) Analyzed parameters were nodal stage, size, site and fixity, and location of primary.
(16) The posterior larynx was the site of a major inflammation with fixity of the arytenoids.
(17) Questions concerning the issues of fixity and intensity of delusions are raised and a proposal is made for attempting to operationalize these concepts using a 'personal questionnaire' method.
(18) The regional outcome is influenced by clinical features such as nodal size, multiplicity and fixity.
(19) Mobility versus fixity was defined in terms of more or less frequent changes of rod positions and choice of a high or a low proportion of nongeometrical positions in the RFT-Free.
(20) The measurement in a pilot study of the fixity and intensity of the beliefs of two patients using this method is described and the results reported.
Fixture
Definition:
(n.) That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.
(n.) State of being fixed; fixedness.
(n.) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others.
Example Sentences:
(1) Snooker, which became and remains a fixture in the BBC2 schedules, was chosen for showing because it is the sport in which different shades are most significant.
(2) The same figures say that 55% had to cancel between three and seven weeks of fixtures and 33% between seven and 11.
(3) Mourinho, who watched the match from a secret location inside Old Trafford after he accepted a one-match ban for his antics in the fixture between these two clubs three days earlier, said his side’s display had given him a feeling of “real happiness”.
(4) He was a fixture at Trump rallies, where he met chants of “Lock her up” against Hillary Clinton with a smile.
(5) It gave Liverpool a headache as they already had fixtures to rearrange thanks to the European Cup Winners' Cup campaign - plus a win would have put them top of the league, at least until Newcastle and Manchester United met later that day.
(6) In addition to the image of the soft tissue and alveolar bone provided, this procedure makes the deduction of the ideal fixture site possible.
(7) In Paper V, group A, the fixture-supported prostheses were installed in the maxilla and occluded with tooth-supported fixed partial dentures whereas in group B, the arrangements were analogous to those in Papers I-IV.
(8) Samples from plumbing fixtures in a hospital yielded legionellae which were "super"-chlorine resistant when assayed under natural conditions.
(9) The clubs want good young players coming through their academies and we want good young players in England teams.” An example of a change beneficial to club and country is the increase in the number of England youth teams, introducing under-18s and under-20s, and devising a more diverse fixture list.
(10) He also established himself as a regular fixture on BBC TV's Top of the Pops, having been appointed as one of the original four presenters in 1964, alongside Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile.
(11) Mourinho has been vociferous in his complaints about the scheduling of key domestic fixtures around European ties this season and reiterated his dissatisfaction after Tuesday's goalless draw in Madrid, claiming to be baffled as to why the match at Anfield could not be played on Friday or Saturday to assist the last English club involved in European competition.
(12) Moyes is the referee, which is just as well as the fixture generally has a bit of needle to it: the veterans needing to continually reassert their prowess over the younger generation.
(13) The CT scan provided a three-dimensional study of the underlying bone, to determine the position, angulation, and depth of the fixture to be used.
(14) Marseille’s Ghanaian striker André Ayew has been a fixture in the King’s Cross crawlspace the Rumour Mill calls home for some months now, having announced his intention to leave the Ligue 1 side for pastures new and preferably Premier League this summer.
(15) Hodgson was informed that the former Crystal Palace player has not just impressed during United's schedule of friendly fixtures but has also looked sharp in training and is already showing signs of improvement.
(16) The stability of fixtures was satisfactory throughout the examination period and the procedure should prove useful in treatment of the resorbed mandible posterior to the mental foramina.
(17) But the opposite dentition can also dictate a fixture installation in the posterior region for a good occlusal stabilization: a specific modality of fixture installation in the pterygoid region has provided a seductive alternative.
(18) Arsenal at Stoke has become one of the set pieces of Premier League football, a fixture almost certain to leave Wenger with pursed lips even if Tony Pulis and his rugby tactics have been replaced by Mark "over-physical, moi?"
(19) Sánchez goal for Arsenal takes Manchester City’s fate out of their hands Read more It would be a ridiculous finale to what has been a season of high achievement at White Hart Lane but that is what will happen if and when Arsenal beat Aston Villa at home and Tottenham were to lose at Newcastle United in the final round of fixtures next Sunday.
(20) The coaching staff are happy because we’ve got a lot of teams we haven’t faced recently and there are a lot of delirious fans here because it is a fantastic fixture and I think the whole of Scotland and England will be looking forward to it.” Wales will have high hopes of reaching the finals for the first time since 1958.