Fixation

n. act of fixating; stabilizing; focusing on; fixing in place; arrest of emotional development; obsession

Fixation may refer to the following: In science:Fixation (psychology), the state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, an animal, or an inanimate objectFixation (visual) maintaining the gaze in a constant directionFixation (alchemy), one of the 12 vital alchemical processes required for transformationCarbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is converted into organic compoundsNitrogen fixation, a process by which nitrogen is converted from its inert molecular form to a compound more readily available and useful to living organismsFixation (population genetics), the state when every individual in a population has the same allele at a particular locusFixation (histology) in biochemistry, histology, cell biology and pathology, the technique of preserving a specimen for microscopic study
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Fixation /fix·a·tion/ 1. the process of holding, suturing, or fastening in a fixed position. 2. the condition of being held in a fixed position. 3. [more]Fixation - Community and Resources

Noun
1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
(synonym) arrested development, infantile fixation, regression
(hypernym) abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
2. an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
(synonym) obsession
(hypernym) preoccupation
(derivation) fixate
3. the activity of fastening something firmly in position
(hypernym) fastening, attachment
(derivation) fixate, fix
4. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
(synonym) fixing
(hypernym) preservation
(part-holonym) plastination
(derivation) fixate, fix
(classification) histology

n. fixing, attachment, binding; determination, fixture