fastness vs fixture what difference
what is difference between fastness and fixture
English
Etymology
From Middle English fastnesse, festnesse (“firmness; certainty; stronghold; firmament”), from Old English fæstnes, fæstnis (“firmness; stronghold; firmament”), equivalent to fast + -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæstnəs/, [ˈfæsnəs]
- (trap–bath split) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːstnəs/, [ˈfɑːsnəs]
Noun
fastness (countable and uncountable, plural fastnesses)
- A secure or fortified place; a stronghold, a fortress.
- 1611, John Speed, The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, London, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 528,[1]
- […] if the Welsh compelled by famine ventred out of their strengthes or fastnesses, in or about Snowdon, the Garrison Souldiers of Gannocke were ready to intercept and kill them […]
- 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xxxviii,[2]
- […] the slaves that yet remained in the fastnesses of Jamaica, attached to the Spanish, and hostile to the English settlers, continued to be troublesome, and at times formidable.
- 1611, John Speed, The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, London, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 528,[1]
- The state of being fast.
- Firmness, security.
- Rapidity, swiftness.
- The ability of a dye to withstand fading.
Derived terms
- colorfastness
- colour fastness, colourfastness
Translations
References
- “fastness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
English
Etymology
Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪkstʃɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪkstʃə/
Noun
fixture (plural fixtures)
- (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.
- A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
- A lighting unit; a luminaire.
- (sports) A scheduled match.
- (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
- A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
Translations
Further reading
- fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
- (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
- The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
- (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
fixture m (plural fixtures)
- (sports) fixture
- 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
- 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
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