fixture

English

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Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈfɪkstʃɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈfɪkstʃə/

Noun

fixture (plural fixtures)

1. (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it.
2. A regular patron of a place or institution.
3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
4. (sports) A scheduled match.
5. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
6. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.

External links

• fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fixture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Translations

(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it

• Bulgarian: инсталация (bg) (instalacija) f

A regular patron of a place or institution

A lighting unit; a luminaire

• German: Fassung (de) f

• Russian: светильник (ru) (svetilʹnik)

(sports) A scheduled match

(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests

work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry

• Bulgarian: арматура (bg) (armatura) f

• Russian: приспособление (ru) (prisposoblenije)

Verb

fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)

1. To furnish with, as, or in a fixture

   The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.

2. (sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule a match
   • 2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, Herald Sun:

     Other items to be discussed include fixturing from 2012 onwards, preparations for this year's scheduled Champions Trophy and the Indian Cricket League's bid for recognition from the ICC.