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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fixedness \Fix"ed*ness\, noun
1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.
2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fixedness
noun
1: remaining in place [syn: {stationariness}, {immobility}]
2: the quality of being fixed in place [syn: {fastness}, {fixity}, {fixture}, {secureness}]
3: the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" [syn: {unalterability}]
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