something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
a person or thing long established in the same place or position.
Machinery.
any of various devices for holding work in a machine tool, especially one for machining in a straight line, as in a planer or milling machine.
any of various devices for holding parts in certain positions during welding, assembly, etc.
Law. a movable chattel, as a machine or heating plant, that, by reason of annexation to real property and adaptation to continuing use in connection with the realty, is considered a part of the realty.
Fox Hunting. one of a series of meets scheduled by a hunt to take place at a time and location listed on a card (fixture card) that is sent, usually once a month, to each member of a hunt.
the act of fixing.
British. an event that takes place regularly.
Origin of fixture
1590–1600; variant of obsolete fixure (< Late Latinfixūra; see fix, -ure), with -t- from mixture
