fixation

obsesión, fijación

Interés excesivo por alguien o algo que ocupa los pensamientos y resulta difícil abandonar.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

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

Sinónimos: obsession

Expresiones frecuentes: fixation on something, unhealthy fixation, childhood fixation

solidificación

Proceso por el que una sustancia líquida o blanda se vuelve firme.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: solidification, setting, gelling

Expresiones frecuentes: gel fixation, fixation process