fixed point
physics a reproducible invariant temperature; the boiling point, freezing point, or triple point of a substance, such as water, that is used to calibrate a thermometer or define a temperature scale
maths a point that is not moved by a given transformation
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Our country is at an intuitive fixed point that may or may not be as far along as we imagined.
Christopher Darden Believes There May Be Justice Yet for Trayvon | Christopher A. Darden, Michele Noble | July 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt seems so—particularly in those moments where it becomes queasily clear that Klosterman has no fixed point of view.
In the physical universe itself, where is the fixed point upon which material creation is in equilibrium?
Urania | Camille FlammarionPerhaps they will help us to find that "fixed point" which our philosophical ambition asks for.
Urania | Camille FlammarionStrabismus is present when one eye only is directed to the fixed point, while the visual line of the other eye deviates from it.
Schweigger on Squint | C. Schweigger
It is only necessary that he should be able to refer to a fixed point of origin, when the form of the shaft was first perfected.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) | John RuskinIt would be like the magnet which attracts indiscriminately toward a fixed point all the particles of iron in its vicinity.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille Flammarion
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