The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fix \Fix\ (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to
   fix; cf. F. fixe.]
   Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
   1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place
      permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to
      implant; to secure; to make definite.
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            An ass's nole I fixed on his head.    --Shak.
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            O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers
            May also fix their reverence.         --Herbert.
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            His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps.
                                                  cxii. 7.
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            And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as
      the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
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            Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.
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            One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
                                                  --Young.
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   3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.
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   4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating
      with a developer to make it insensible to the action of
      light. --Abney.
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   5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to
      set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or
      most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes;
      to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
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   6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace)
      with fettling.

   Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle;
        determine.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fix \Fix\, v. i.
   1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease
      from wandering; to rest.
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            Your kindness banishes your fear,
            Resolved to fix forever here.         --Waller.
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   2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease
      to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and
      malleable, as a metallic substance. --Bacon.
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   To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to
      determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have
      fixed on certain leading points.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fix \Fix\, n.
   1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament;
      dilemma. [Colloq.]
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            Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No,
            nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can
            not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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   2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fettling \Fet"tling\, n.
   1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the
      hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.]

   Note: [It is commonly called fix in the United States.]
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   2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the
      surface of undried clay ware.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fix
    n 1: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
         terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
         fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle
         of fish]
    2: something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a
       narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
    3: the act of putting something in working order again [syn:
       repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending,
       reparation]
    4: an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought
       to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
    5: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a
       good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation,
       location, locating, fix]
    v 1: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
         torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes
         please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor,
         furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
    2: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door";
       "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fasten, fix,
       secure] [ant: unfasten]
    3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
       the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine,
       define, fix, limit]
    4: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
       please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
       the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
       prepare]
    5: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll
       fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: pay back, pay
       off, get, fix]
    6: set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
    7: kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for
       microscopic study
    8: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to
       the frame" [syn: fixate, fix]
    9: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
       transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize,
       sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise,
       fix]
    10: influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; "fix a
        race"
    11: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
        his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
        your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit,
        deposit]
    12: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
        purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready
        for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town
        after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set
        up, ready, gear up, set]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

FIX

   1.  Federal Information Exchange.

   2.  Financial Information eXchange.

   (2001-05-14)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

fix

   1.  The fixed point combinator.  Called Y in
   combinatory logic.  Fix is a higher-order function which
   returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function).

    fix :: (a -> a) -> a
    fix f = f (fix f)

   Which satisfies the equation

    fix f = x such that f x = x.

   Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive
   lambda abstraction:

    fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x))

   Since this involves self-application, it has an infinite
   type.  A function defined by

    f x1 .. xN = E

   can be expressed as

    f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)
      = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E)
    	(fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E))
      = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E))
        in \ x1 ... \xN . E

   If f does not occur free in E (i.e. it is not recursive)
   then this reduces to simply

    f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E

   In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an
   infinite data object, e.g.

    ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)
         = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones))
         = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones))
         = 1 : 1 : ...

   Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek
   letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E.

   Compare quine.

   [Jargon File]

   (1995-04-13)

   2. bug fix.

   (1998-06-25)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

fix
 n.,v.

    What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be
    ignored.