fixed object

collocation in English

meaningsoffixedandobject

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fixed
adjective
uk
/fɪkst/us
/fɪkst/
arranged or decided already and not able to ...
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object
noun
uk
/ˈɒb.dʒɪkt/us
/ˈɑːb.dʒɪkt/
a thing that you can see or touch but that is not usually a living animal, plant, ...
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(Definition offixedandobjectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffixed object

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The feeling one derives from the document is of a subject that has procedures, characteristic approaches, traditions of scholarship, but does not have afixedobjectof study.
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He is thefixedobjectof legal and managerial relevance in all this.
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A centre-surround stimulus consists of afixedobjectwith another object rotating in a circle around thefixedobject.
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But we are going to insert words which will show that field punishment can no longer include the tying up of an individual to afixedobject.
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To prevent this, cylinders are normally secured to afixedobjector transport cart with a strap or chain.
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Trees which are singletons (the data relocation, extent and chunk trees) are assigned special,fixedobjectids 256.
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Median barriers are a form of guard rail that turn head-on crashes intofixedobjectcrashes.
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At such speeds, impact with afixedobjectis likely to be fatal regardless of helmet use.
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These type of investigations can involve vehicle on vehicle, vehicle onfixedobjector vehicle on pedestrian.
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By providing participants with a verbal label of a functionallyfixedobjectmakes that object available for use.
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One bar is attached to afixedobject, and the other to the weaver usually by means of a strap around the back.
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It is a rather robust and secure method of attaching a line, or rope to afixedobjectlike a pipe, post, or sail boom.
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Of those, 50 were the result of striking an animal while 15 others were cases where a motorist crashed into afixedobject.
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An optimal locking method will secure the frame as well as both wheels -- either to afixedobjector to each other.
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Most of these events occurred in close confines in which rapid operator response would be necessary to prevent striking a person,fixedobjector another vehicle.
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A rocket acting on afixedobject, as in a static firing, does no useful work at all; the rocket's stored energy is entirely expended on accelerating its propellant.
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