Fixity \Fix"i*ty\ (-[i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. fixit['e].] 1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed. 2. Coherence of parts. --Sir I. Newton.
fixity n 1: the quality of being fixed in place [syn: {fastness}, {fixedness}, {fixture}, {secureness}] 2: the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species" [syn: {immutability}, {immutableness}] [ant: {mutability}, {mutability}]