Fixation

Fixation may refer to:

Carbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds
Fixation (alchemy), a process in the alchemical magnum opus
Fixation (histology) in biochemistry, histology, cell biology and pathology, the technique of preserving a specimen for microscopic study
Fixation (population genetics), the state when every individual in a population has the same allele at a particular locus
Fixation (psychology), the state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, an animal, or an inanimate object
Fixation (surgical), an operative technique in orthopedics
Fixation (visual) maintaining the gaze in a constant direction
Fixation agent, a process chemical
Fixation in Canadian copyright law, a concept in Canadian copyright law
Nitrogen fixation, a process by which nitrogen is converted from its inert molecular form to a compound more readily available and useful to living organisms
Session fixation, computer security attack
Target fixation, attentional phenomenon
“Fixation”, an episode of The Good Doctor

See also