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fixed 1. (of an element) held in chemical combination 2. (of a substance) nonvolatile 3. Astrology of, relating to, or belonging to the group consisting of the four signs of the zodiac Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, which are associated with stability |
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Jorindel could not move; he stood fixed as a stone, and could neither weep, nor speak, nor stir hand or foot. According to the advice forwarded from the members of the Observatory, the gun destined to launch the projectile had to be fixed in a country situated between the 0 and 28th degrees of north or south latitude, in order to aim at the moon when at the zenith; and its initiatory velocity was fixed at twelve thousand yards to the second. Their being fixed, so absolutely fixed, in the same place, was bad for each, for all three. |
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