Fixture Definition
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English
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< fix + -ture; compare mixture. The older form is fixure.
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.
- A regular patron of a place or institution.
- 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.
External links
- fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- fixture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Verb
to fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
- To furnish with, as, or in a fixture
- The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
- (sports, Australian, 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.
- 2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, Herald Sun:
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