Fixation /(fĭks*ā"shŭn)/

Fix·a·tion

Fixation

n.
  1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.
    An unalterable fixation of resolution.
    — Killingbeck.
    To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation.
    Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint.
    — Quain.
    A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects.
    — Watts.
  2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.
  3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
  4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals.