Fixation

Fixation may refer to:

Architecture

• Line of fixation, a concept in building design and urban planning

Computing

• Session fixation, a computer security attack

Food and drink

• Fixation Brewing Company, an Australian beer brand owned by Lion, a subsidiary of Kirin

Law

• Fixation in Canadian copyright law, a concept in Canadian copyright law

Medicine

• Complement fixation test, an immunochemical medical test
• Latex fixation test, a microbiological assay

Optometry and ophthalmology

• Fixation disparity, a vision condition
• Fixation reflex, a visual reflex

Orthopedics

• External fixation, immobilization of an injury with external hardware
• Internal fixation, immobilization of an injury with surgical implants
• Vertebral fixation, anchoring of spinal vertebrae

Music

• Fixation on a Co-Worker, the 1995 debut studio album from American metalcore band Deadguy
• "Fixation on the Darkness", a song from American metalcore band Killswitch Engage's 2002 album Alive or Just Breathing

Science

• Fixation (histology) in biochemistry, histology, cell biology and pathology, the technique of preserving a specimen for microscopic study

Biology

• Carbon fixation, a biochemical process, usually driven by photosynthesis, whereby carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds
• Nitrogen fixation, a process by which atmospheric nitrogen is incorporated into biomolecules
• Fixation (population genetics), the state when every individual in a population has the same allele at a particular locus
  • Fixation index, a measure of genetic similarity among members of a population

Optics

• Fixation point, a.k.a. focal point, the point where light rays converge in an optical system

Psychology and perceptual sciences

• 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
• Target fixation, phenomenon where a person's attention is drawn to an object, thereby inadvertently increasing their likelihood of colliding with it

Sociology and management science

• Metric fixation, a tendency of decision-makers to focus on easily-measured metrics

Television

• "Fixation", a 2020 episode of The Good Doctor (American TV series)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Fixation
• All pages with titles containing Fixation
• Fix (disambiguation)
• Oral fixation (disambiguation)
• Soil fixation (disambiguation)