Fixation vs Rixation - What's the difference?
fixation | rixation |
The act of fixing.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing.
(legal) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(obsolete) Scolding; brawling.Henry Cockeram’s'' The English dictionarie, or an interpreter of hard English words''' (1623)The ' Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
As nouns the difference between fixation and rixation
is that fixation is the act of fixing while rixation is scolding; brawling.fixation
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(en noun)- In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.