fixture

1 a object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)

2 a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" [syn: regular, habitue]

3 the quality of being fixed in place [syn: fastness, fixedness, fixity, secureness]

4 the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, mend, mending, reparation]

English

Noun

1. Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it
2. a regular patron of a place or institution
3. a lighting unit; a luminaire
4. a scheduled match

A fixture can refer to:

• a testing fixture when talking about ATEs
• a light fixture
• a plumbing fixture
• Fixture (tool), a tool used in manufacturing
• Fixture (property law), in property law, chattel which has become permanently attached to the real property
• In Commonwealth English sports terminology, a fixture is a scheduled match
• A test fixture in software engineering
• anything which has become ubiquitous or permanent.

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