| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. [1/3 definitions] |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding; adamant. [1/2 definitions] |
| American plan |
a system by which hotels charge a fixed rate for room, meals, and service. (Cf. European plan.) |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. [1/2 definitions] |
| annuity |
a regular annual income paid at fixed intervals and produced by money invested or by an insurance contract. [2 definitions] |
| anvil |
the fixed jaw in a measuring instrument such as calipers. [1/3 definitions] |
| a priori |
based on hypothesis, theory, fixed rules, or established forms rather than on experience or experiment. [1/3 definitions] |
| atonal |
in music, composed without a fixed key or scale. |
| barbecue |
the apparatus, either fixed or portable, on which such a meal is cooked. [1/4 definitions] |
| beacon |
a radar or radio transmitter that emits radio waves at fixed intervals to provide navigational guidance. [1/7 definitions] |
| bearing |
a machine part that reduces friction between fixed and moving parts, as in a wheel. [1/5 definitions] |
| benefice |
a church office or the fixed property or income associated with it. [1/3 definitions] |
| big bang theory |
the theory that the universe originated at a fixed point billions of years ago in a cosmic explosion of a mass of hydrogen atoms, and that it has been expanding ever since. (Cf. steady state theory.) |
| bimetallism |
the use of two metals, usu. gold and silver, at fixed values in relation to each other, as the monetary standard of currency and value. [1/2 definitions] |
| caliper |
a similar instrument with one fixed jaw and one sliding jaw. [1/3 definitions] |
| caliper rule |
a graduated rule with one jaw that slides and one that is fixed. |
| center of a circle |
the fixed point that is equidistant from all points that form a circle. |
| center of rotation |
a fixed point around which a figure rotates. |
| certain |
fixed; definite. [1/8 definitions] |
| circle |
a closed curve along which every point is the same distance from a fixed center point. [1/8 definitions] |
| closed-end investment company |
an investment company that issues a fixed number of shares in large blocks, at infrequent intervals, which are traded on an exchange. |