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Webster 1913 Edition
Fixture
1.
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.2.
State of being fixed; fixedness.
The firm
fixture
of thy foot. Shakespeare
3.
(Law)
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. Wharton (Law Dict.).
Bouvier.
☞ This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fixture
FIX'TURE
, n.1.
Position.2.
Fixedness; firm pressure; as the fixture of the foot.3.
Firmness; stable state.4.
That which is fixed to a building; any appendage or part of the furniture of a house which is fixed to it, as by nails, screws, &c., and which the tenant cannot legally take away, when he removes to another house.Definition 2024
fixture
fixture
English
Noun
fixture (plural fixtures)
- (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it.
- A regular patron of a place or institution.
- A lighting unit; a luminaire.
- (sports) A scheduled match.
- (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
- A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
External links
- fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fixture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Translations
(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
A regular patron of a place or institution
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A lighting unit; a luminaire
(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests
work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry
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Verb
fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
- To furnish with, as, or in a fixture
- The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
- (sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule a match