Fixation 1118633 224133782 2008-07-07T13:43:10Z Anevelos 674562 {{wiktionary}} '''Fixation''' may refer to the following: In '''science''': *[[Fixation (psychology)]], the state in which an individual becomes obsessed with an attachment to another human, an animal, or an inanimate object *[[Fixation (visual)]] maintaining the gaze in a constant direction *[[Fixation (alchemy)]], one of the 12 vital alchemical processes required for transformation *[[Carbon fixation]], a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds *[[Nitrogen fixation]], a process by which nitrogen is converted from its inert molecular form to a compound more readily available and useful to living organisms *[[Fixation (population genetics)]], the state when every individual in a population has the same allele at a particular locus *[[Fixation (histology)]] in biochemistry, histology, cell biology and pathology, the technique of preserving a specimen for microscopic study In '''business''' and '''law''': *Fixation in [[business]] refers to a company's reluctance to change to suit current market conditions, thus increasing the probability that the company will make larger numbers and greater severities of poor decisions. *Fixation in [[law]] refers to works entitled to [[copyright]] protection (e.g. music, literature, paintings, etc.). Only works ''fixed in a medium'' can be copyrighted, not the ideas behind those works. In '''online marketing''' *[[Fixation]] online [[eye tracking]] refers to the test subject fixing on a particular portion of the page. It is used to determine which areas of a web page receive the most views. This is used to adjust where content resides on a web page to maximize its exposure. <!--'''Synonyms:''' [[obsession]], [[immobile|immobilization]], [[adhesive]] (n.)--> {{disambig}} [[de:Fixierung]] [[ja:固定]] [[nl:fixatie]] [[pl:Fiksacja]]