Fixation

Fixation may refer to:

Architecture

Computing

Food and drink

Law

Medicine

Optometry and ophthalmology

Orthopedics

Music

Science

  • Fixation (histology) in biochemistry, histology, cell biology and pathology, the technique of preserving a specimen for microscopic study

Biology

  • Carbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds
  • Nitrogen fixation, a process by which atmospheric nitrogen is incorporated into biomolecules
  • Fixation (population genetics), the state when every individual in a population has the same allele at a particular locus
    • Fixation index, a measure of genetic similarity among members of a population

Optics

  • Fixation point, a.k.a. focal point, the point where light rays converge in an optical system

Psychology and perceptual sciences

  • Fixation (psychology), the state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, an animal, or an inanimate object
  • Fixation (visual), maintaining the gaze in a constant direction
  • Target fixation, phenomenon where a person's attention is drawn to an object, thereby inadvertently increasing their likelihood of colliding with it

Sociology and management science

  • Metric fixation, a tendency of decision-makers to focus on easily-measured metrics

Television

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