fixation

saplantı, takıntı

Birine veya bir şeye duyulan, sürekli düşünmekten vazgeçmeyi zorlaştıran aşırı ilgi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An unusually strong interest in someone or something that is hard to stop thinking about.

• His fixation on cars is obvious.
• She developed an unhealthy fixation on her appearance.
• Why does he have this fixation with winning?

Nasıl kullanılır: fixation on someone/something (His fixation on money worries his friends.); fixation with someone/something (She has a fixation with keeping everything spotless.)

Eş anlamlılar: obsession

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fixation on something, unhealthy fixation, childhood fixation

katılaşma

Sıvı veya yumuşak bir maddenin sertleşmesi süreci.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The process in which a liquid or soft substance becomes firm.

• Cooling speeds up fixation of the mixture.
• The material becomes firm during fixation.
• We measured the time needed for fixation.

Eş anlamlılar: solidification, setting, gelling

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gel fixation, fixation process