(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.
Reparation
Definition:
(n.) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; -- in this sense, repair is oftener used.
(n.) The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.
Example Sentences:
(1) A polypotent mechanism of the stimulating effect of fibronectin instillations during all the stages of the reparative process in the corneal tissue was proved.
(2) These observations provide biochemical support for the hypothesis that the reparative process of injured tissue in the fetal rabbit proceeds in an attempt to reconstitute normality, i.e.
(3) It is thought that the mechanisms of resorption are: co-mingling with CSF and redistribution in the more acute variety and in instances of subdural hydromas; and thru the healing and reparative process in the chronic type.
(4) The formation of cavity is followed by asymmetrical segment demyelination and reparative hyperplasia of the astroglial cells and gliosis of the cavity walls.
(5) The kinetic and fine structural characteristics and site of origin of the resurfacing uterine lining, as well as the influence of ovarian hormonal stimuli on the reparative processes of experimentally injured endometrium in the rabbit, were studied by means of in vivo historadioautography and electron microscopy.
(6) Hence, reaction of chemical carcinogen with nuclear DNA is possible only when the cell is overwhelmed leading to cell death, or following a temporary breach of the nuclear membrane control points, but the DNA damage in the latter is totally reparable.
(7) Since the contraction of the wound in experimental animals was also more rapid (activization from the 3rd day), a conclusion can be made of the stimulating influence of LP on the course of the reparative regeneration of the epidermis observed as long as 1.5 weeks after a single injection of LP.
(8) After 4 days of treatment, the active-treated wounds had already reached the reparative phase, whereas the vehicle-treated wounds were still in the proliferative phase.
(9) If the villagers fail to respect the social code, by not using her new name or by reminding her of her indignity, they have to perform a reparative ritual, at which a goat is sacrificed.
(10) The modulative effect of the methods of general and local sorptive detoxication on the development of inflammatory reaction of the area of thermal trauma with reduction of damaging effect of proteolytic enzymes and formation of cellular reaction directed at protection from microorganisms and beginning of the proliferative stage of reparative regeneration is shown.
(11) Review of the FNA smears showed the findings to be more typical of a reparative or regenerative process; these findings had been cytologically overinterpreted, partly due to the lack of adequate clinical information submitted with the aspirate.
(12) It is indicated that in vitro and at implantation in preliminary infected ordinary and gunshot osseous wounds in rabbits and dogs gentacycol inhibits the growth of aerobic and, that is especially important, anaerobic microflora, limits the development of inflammatory Process and stimulates, to a certain extent, reparative osteogenesis.
(13) At this stage any attempt at definitive removal of diseased tissue would necessarily result in a larger dural defect at a time when local disease and systemic illness present unsuitable conditions for reparative procedures.
(14) Lower parameters of mononuclear content in dermocytograms during the course of treatment correspond to the disturbance of reparative capacities of the organism in groups of patients with the complicated course of the disease.
(15) Some differences in the thickness of the reparative dentin deposited were noted when teeth were grouped according to the amount of remaining dentin.
(16) This shift is thought to parallel the oscillation between unconscious instinctual gratification and conscious attempts at reparation which is the main dynamic feature of the compulsive neurosis in waking life.
(17) Bernier and Cahn established the subdivision between the rare central giant cell reparative granuloma and the common peripheral epulis.
(18) We also hear that Troika officials have been rather surprised by the latest talk about Greece potentially handing Germany a bill for outstanding war reparations .
(19) Secondary syndactyly is the result of mechanical adhesion of adjacent parts involved in a general reparative or healing process.
(20) In the reparative stage newly formed vessels in the granulation tissue were observed; In the post-infarction scars sinusoid vascular cavities and arteries of the closing type were noted.