What's the difference between fixture and regular?

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.

Regular


Definition:

  • (a.) Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.
  • (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.
  • (a.) Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.
  • (a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
  • (a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
  • (a.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.
  • (a.) Same as Isometric.
  • (a.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.
  • (a.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At the time, with a regular supply of British immigrants arriving in large numbers in Australia, Biggs was able to blend in well as "Terry Cook", a carpenter, so well in fact that his wife, Charmian, was able to join him with his three sons.
  • (2) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
  • (3) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
  • (4) Thus it is unclear how a language learner determines whether German even has a regular plural, and if so what form it takes.
  • (5) The results indicated that 48% of the sample either regularly checked their own skin or had it checked by another person (such as a spouse), and 17% had been screened by a general practitioner in the preceding 12 months.
  • (6) Both mothers had been sniffing regularly throughout their pregnancies.
  • (7) Eight patients aged 7-15 were using inhaled sympathomimetic aerosols only at the time of buying a nebuliser as compared with most of the older patients, who were using regular oral steroids.
  • (8) When the first recordings of each of infants who died of SIDS, except one who had cyanotic episodes prior to death, were compared to recordings of survivors (six for each case) closely matched for age, gestation, and weight at birth, no differences in breathing patterns or heart or respiratory rates during regular breathing could be demonstrated.
  • (9) We repeat our call for them to do so at the earliest opportunity, and to share those findings so that we can take any appropriate actions.” In the BBC programme the 29-year-old Rupp, who won 10,000m silver at the London 2012 Olympics behind Farah, was accused of having taken testosterone and being a regular user of the asthma drug prednisone, which is banned in competition.
  • (10) The authors propose three regular procedures with which they are experienced: repair with a large retromuscular nonabsorbable synthetic tulle prosthesis for extensive epigastric eventrations, fillup aponeuroplasty using the sheath of the rectus abdominis associated with a premuscular patch in case of diastasis or of multiple superimposed orifices and suture associated with a small retromuscular auxiliary patch to treat small incisional hernias.
  • (11) Meanwhile the Brooklyn Nets, who have been dealing with nothing but bad news since the start of the regular season, will be without Paul Pierce for 2-4 weeks, also due to a right hand fracture.
  • (12) This technique is sensitive to the optical anisotropy within the muscle, including that due to intrinsic properties of the protein molecules as well as that due to the regular arrangement of proteins in the surrounding medium.
  • (13) Reality set in once you got home to your parents and the regular neighborhood kids, and your thoughts turned to new notebooks for the school year and whether you got prettier while you were away and whether your crushes were going to notice.
  • (14) Finally, the contribution of regular dental attendance to periodontal health is discussed.
  • (15) Later Downing Street elaborated on its position, pointing out that Brooks was a constituent of Cameron's and, in any case, "the prime minister regularly meets newspaper executives from lots of different companies".
  • (16) During phase 1 (3-day equilibration period; ad libitum regular hospital diet), plasma choline levels were within the normal range for all subjects.
  • (17) The rationale for the use of exercise as part of the treatment program in type II diabetes is much clearer and regular exercise may be prescribed as an adjunct to caloric restriction for weight reduction and as a means of improving insulin sensitivity in the obese, insulin-resistant individual.
  • (18) Thresholds were measured for detecting perturbations in a regular lattice of dots by modulating local dot density, local dot luminance, or some combination of the two.
  • (19) Adverse events and life status were checked at regular intervals.
  • (20) The tryptic cores from H-2K and H-2D are regularly distinguishable from the thymus-leukemia antigens (TLA) by gel electrophoresis in one dimension.