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fixity

  • /ˈfɪksɪti/

noun fixities · fixety

  1. uncountable 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[.]

    Similar: fixedness

  2. countable Something fixed.
  3. countable, uncountable 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.

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@misc{fixity_2026,
  title = {fixity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fixity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}