Unfixed vs Lax - What's the difference?
unfixed | lax | Related terms |
Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely
* {{quote-book, 1873,
, passage=The monster again became an islet, rock, or reef, but a runaway reef, unfixed and elusive. }}
* {{quote-journal, 2008, date=November 28, Ariane Dimitrov et al., Detection of GTP-Tubulin Conformation in Vivo Reveals a Role for GTP Remnants in Microtubule Rescue, Science, volume=322, issue=5906
, passage=It was best to use unfixed cells permeabilized in the presence of glycerol and/or low taxol concentration to prevent microtubule depolymerization.}}
(unfix)
A salmon.
lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
* J. A. Symonds
loose; not tight or taut.
* Ray
lacking care; neglectful, negligent
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Phil Dawkes
, title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom
, work=BBC Sport
(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
lacrosse
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Unfixed is a related term of lax.
As an adjective unfixed
is not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely.As a verb unfixed
is (unfix).unfixed
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Verb
(head)lax
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Alternative forms
* (Killian)Etymology 1
From (etyl) lax, from (etyl) .Noun
(laxes)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(er)- The rules are fairly lax , but you have to know which ones you can bend.
- Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax , in matters of the passions.
- The rope fell lax .
- the flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy
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