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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A state of mind, involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing.
  • In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
  • The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed or fixated.
  • The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.
  • The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.

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