Noun | 1. | fix - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" |
2. | fix - something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate" | |
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4. | fix - an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" | |
5. | fix - a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target" | |
Verb | 1. | fix - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
2. | fix - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" | |
3. | fix - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" | |
4. | fix - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" | |
5. | fix - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" | |
6. | fix - set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!" | |
7. | fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study | |
8. | fix - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" Synonyms: fixate | |
9. | fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized" | |
10. | fix - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" | |
11. | fix - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
1. | (networking) | FIX - Federal Information Exchange. | |
2. | (business, protocol) | FIX - Financial Information eXchange. | |
3. | fix - 1. fix :: (a -> a) -> a fix f = f (fix f) Which satisfies the equation fix f = x such that f x = x. Somewhat surprisingly, fix can be defined as the non-recursive lambda abstraction: fix = \ h . (\ x . h (x x)) (\ x . h (x x)) Since this involves self-application, it has an infinite type. A function defined by f x1 .. xN = E can be expressed as f = fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E) = (\ f . \ x1 ... \xN . E) (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) = let f = (fix (\ f . \ x1 ... \ xN . E)) in \ x1 ... \xN . E If f does not occur free in E (i.e. it is not recursive) then this reduces to simply f = \ x1 ... \ xN . E In the case where N = 0 and f is free in E, this defines an infinite data object, e.g. ones = fix (\ ones . 1 : ones) = (\ ones . 1 : ones) (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : (fix (\ ones . 1 : ones)) = 1 : 1 : ... Fix f is also sometimes written as mu f where mu is the Greek letter or alternatively, if f = \ x . E, written as mu x . E. Compare quine. |