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Fixation may refer to:
Carbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds
Fixation (alchemy), a process in the alchemical magnum opus
Fixation (histology) in biochemistry, histology, cell biology and pathology, the technique of preserving a specimen for microscopic study
Fixation (population genetics), the state when every individual in a population has the same allele at a particular locus
Fixation (psychology), the state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, an animal, or an inanimate object
Fixation (surgical), an operative technique in orthopedics
Fixation (visual) maintaining the gaze in a constant direction
Fixation agent, a process chemical
Fixation in Canadian copyright law, a concept in Canadian copyright law
Nitrogen fixation, a process by which nitrogen is converted from its inert molecular form to a compound more readily available and useful to living organisms
Look up fixation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fixation may refer to: Carbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis,...
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular nitrogen (N 2), which has a strong triple covalent bond, is converted into ammonia (NH 3) or...
Internal fixation is an operation in orthopedics that involves the surgical implementation of implants for the purpose of repairing a bone, a concept that...
Oral fixation may refer to: In psychology: Oral stage, a term used by Sigmund Freud to describe the child's development during the first 18 months of life...
Fixation disparity is a tendency of the eyes to drift in the direction of the heterophoria. While the heterophoria refers to a fusion-free vergence state...
Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard)...
Biological carbon fixation, or сarbon assimilation, is the process by which living organisms convert inorganic carbon (particularly carbon dioxide) to...
External fixation is a surgical treatment wherein Kirschner pins and wires are inserted and affixed into bone and then exit the body to be attached to...
C4 carbon fixation or the Hatch–Slack pathway is one of three known photosynthetic processes of carbon fixation in plants. It owes the names to the 1960s...
fixed: all future generations are entirely blue. In small populations, fixation can occur in just a few generations. The mechanisms of genetic drift can...
Vertebral fixation (also known as "spinal fixation") is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which two or more vertebrae are anchored to each other through...
The complement fixation test is an immunological medical test that can be used to detect the presence of either specific antibody or specific antigen in...
Soil fixation may refer to: measures of erosion control soil stabilization in landscaping This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
A nitrogen fixation package is a piece of research equipment for studying nitrogen fixation in plants. One product of this kind, the Q-Box NF1LP made by...
The fixation index (FST) is a measure of population differentiation due to genetic structure. It is frequently estimated from genetic polymorphism data...
Aural Fixations is the fifth album from Canadian singer and guitarist Kim Mitchell. The album was released in 1992 and is certified gold in Canada. This...
In computer network security, session fixation attacks attempt to exploit the vulnerability of a system that allows one person to fixate (find or set)...
stage of psychosexual development is pleasure in the retention of faeces. Fixation in this stage can potentially result in a personality marked by frugality...
Abiological nitrogen fixation describes chemical processes that fix (react with) N2, usually with the goal of generating ammonia. The dominant technology...
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