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Look up: fix

  1. Fix
    [position] In position fixing navigation, a position fix (PF) or simply a fix is a position derived from measuring external reference points. The term is generally used with manual or visual techniques such as the use of intersecting visual or radio position lines rather than the use of more...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fix_(positi

  2. Fix
    A single position with latitude, longitude (or grid position), altitude, time, and date.
    Found on http://www.navtechgps.com/glossary.html

  3. Fix
    Chemical process which converts unused light-sensitive silver-halide crystals to a soluble silver complex in both negatives and prints, making the image stable and unalterable in white light. Also referred to as hypo. (see Hypo)
    Found on http://www.peterashbyhayter.co.uk/glossa

  4. fix
    [n] - informal terms for a difficult situation 2. [n] - (informal) an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug 3. [n] - an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear 4. [v] - set or place definitely 5. [v] - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. FIX
    Federal Internet Exchange
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  6. Fix
    A navigational term. A 'fix' is the point of intersection of two position lines drawn on a map to determine the location of an aeroplane.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  7. fix
    a geographical position determined by visual reference to the surface,by reference to radio navigational aids,by celestial plotting,or by another navigational device Category: Transport • in photography and some documentary reproduction processes,the immersion of a film or paper after ex...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Fix
    Fix (fĭks) adjective [ Middle English , from Latin fixus , past participle of figere to fix; confer French fixe .] Fixed; solidified. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  9. Fix
    Fix transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fixed (fĭkst); present participle & verbal noun Fixing .] [ Confer French fixer .] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast;...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  10. Fix
    Fix intransitive verb 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. « Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here.» Waller. 2. To become firm, so as...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  11. Fix
    Fix noun 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [ Colloq.] « Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/36

  12. fix
    1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make efinite. 'An ass's nole I fixed on his head.' (Shak) 'O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence.' (Herbert) 'His heart is fixed, trusting ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. fix
    set up 2 ready verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; `Get the children ready for school!`; `prepare for war`; `I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. fix
    verb cause to be firmly attached; `fasten the lock onto the door`; `she fixed her gaze on the man`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. fix
    verb make fixed, stable or stationary; `let`s fix the picture to the frame`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. Fix
    • (v. t.) To transfix; to pierce. • (n.) A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. • (v. i.) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. • (v. i.) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. fix
    fix, fixing, fixed 1. To place securely; to make stable or firm. 2. To secure to another; to attach. 3. To repair; to mend. 4. To put in order or in good condition; to adjust or to arrange. 5. To make firm or stable. 6. To place definitely and more or less permanently. 5. To settle definitely; to...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  18. fix
    • informal terms for a difficult situation
    • (informal) an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
    • the act of putting something in working order again
    • an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
    • a determination of the location of something

    Found on

  19. Fix
    Fix is slang for to take revenge on; get even with, especially by killing.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. Fix
    Fix is slang for to take revenge on; get even with, especially by killing.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. Fix
    The London gold fixing (see: www.goldfixing.com) takes place twice daily over the telephone and sets a price at which all known orders to buy and sell gold on a spot basis at the time of the fix can be settled. The fix is widely used as the benchmark for spot transactions throughout the market. The ...
    Found on http://www.invest.gold.org/sites/en/glos

  22. Fix
    The London gold fixing (see: www.goldfixing.com) takes place twice daily over the telephone and sets a price at which all known orders to buy and sell gold on a spot basis at the time of the fix can be settled. The fix is widely used as the benchmark for spot transactions throughout the market. The ...
    Found on http://www.invest.gold.org/sites/en/glos

  23. fix
    A charted position which has been determined by accurately taking bearings from fixed known positions.
    Found on http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-ter

  24. Fix
    The London gold fixing (see: www.goldfixing.com) takes place twice daily over the telephone and sets a price at which all known orders to buy and sell gold on a spot basis at the time of the fix can be settled. The fix is widely used as the benchmark for spot transactions throughout the market. The ...
    Found on http://www.gold.org/investment/why_how_a

  25. fix
    1. (mathematics) The fixed point combinator. Called Y in combinatory logic. Fix is a higher-order function which returns a fixed point of its argument (which is a function). fix :: (a -) a) -) a fix f = f (fix f) Which satisfies the equation fix f = x such that f x = x. Somewhat surprisingly, f...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/fix



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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