fixed point
Speech parts
1. fixed point - Noun
2. fixed point - Adjective
Meaning
(computing) A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer.
(mathematics) A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.
The Bonan-Jeener's triple Klein bottle is not equivalent to the Boy's surface, as can be ascertained by the fact that a 120° rotation of the triple Klein bottle around its axis of symmetry yields no fixed point, whereas a similar rotation of the Boy's surface does yield a fixed point, which is its "umbilical point" as it were.
fixed point (not comparable)
(computing) Pertaining to fixed point representations or operations.
fixed-point (not comparable)
(computing) Being or using an internal number representation with a fixed number of decimal places (as opposed to floating-point).
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fixed-point
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Examples
The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.
She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.
Any schoolboy could see that man as a force must be measured by motion, from a fixed point.
Imagine a world without a fixed point.
A fixed point of view becomes possible with print and ends the image as a plastic organism.
The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.