fixation

obsession, fixation

Intérêt excessif pour quelqu’un ou quelque chose qu’on n’arrive pas à se sortir de la tête.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : fixation on someone/something (His fixation on money worries his friends.); fixation with someone/something (She has a fixation with keeping everything spotless.)

Synonymes : obsession

Expressions courantes : fixation on something, unhealthy fixation, childhood fixation

solidification

Processus par lequel une substance liquide ou molle devient solide.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : solidification, setting, gelling

Expressions courantes : gel fixation, fixation process