adjective.
Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.
adjective.
Stable; non-volatile.
adjective.
carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
adjective.
a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
adjective.
a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading.
adjective.
a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery.
adjective.
those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc.
adjective.
See the Note under Capital, n., 4.
adjective.
a well established fact.
adjective.
one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light.
adjective.
non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils.
adjective.
the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels.
adjective.
such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.