fixture

English

Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪkstʃɚ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪkstʃə/

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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; compare fitting, furnishing.
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.

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) f (instalacija)
• Galician: amaño (gl) m, apaño (gl) m, arranxo (gl) m
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• German: Installation (de) f, Zubehörteil n, festes Inventar n, feste Einrichtung f

A regular patron of a place or institution

• French: habitué (fr) m
• German: Stammkunde (de) m, Institution (de) f
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A lighting unit; a luminaire

• French: luminaire (fr) m
• German: Fassung (de) f
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• Russian: свети́льник (ru) (svetílʹnik)
• Swedish: armatur (sv)

(sports) A scheduled match

• German: angesetztes Spiel n
• Spanish: fixture m
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• Welsh: gêm (cy) f

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

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work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry

• Bulgarian: арматура (bg) f (armatura)
• German: Halterung (de) f
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• Russian: приспособле́ние (ru) (prisposoblénije)

Further reading

• “fixture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “fixture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Verb

1. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.

   The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.

2. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
   • 2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:

     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.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

fixture m (plural fixtures)

1. (sports) fixture
2. the whole schedule of games to be played in a championship, indicating when each game is to be played, and which team is to play at home.
3. the whole list of games to be played by a given team, indicating the date of each game, and which team is to play at home.