English to Xhosa Meaning of fixative - fixative

Fixative :

fixative

noun

ngcina

adjective

unamathele, encangathi

Fixative :: fixativeFixatives :: fixatives

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Definitions of fixative in English

Noun(1) a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde(2) a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging

Examples of fixative in English

(1) In the evening, back home, rummaging about in my big box of old art materials I came across a can of spray fixative and two bottles of spirit varnish.(2) The sandals are sewn by hand, made with low-impact, fiberreactive dyes and no fixative chemicals.(3) We believe that this is contamination that occurred during the process of lifting the coagulum from the dish and transferring it to the fixative solution.(4) The muscles were stored in the fixative solutions at 4 deg C for further use.(5) When the class had the backgrounds rendered with about four to six values, we held a class critique to evaluate if they had developed their contrast enough to go ahead and spray the artwork with workable fixative .(6) This fixation step was repeated twice and the resulting cells were resuspended in a small volume of fixative solution and carefully placed onto clean slides.(7) After a fixative solution is added, the sample is run on the instrument.(8) Squashes were made in the fixative on a glass slide and flame dried.(9) There is no single fixative that is ideal; every fixative has positive and negative attributes.(10) In the early 1970s, the use of the fixative paste was eliminated, which meant that tissue could be removed and processed immediately by frozen section.(11) A technology that is being developed and refined at present is a fixative that allows blood samples to be stored and transported over 5 days without loss of accuracy in test results.(12) The team will create a new fixative mixture that combines minerals and slow-release growth factors.(13) After three subsequent changes of fixative , metaphases were prepared by dropping the cell suspension onto labelled clean, moist microscope slides.(14) This plant is one of the natural sources of Benzyl benzoate, an aromatic liquid used as a fixative and solvent in the manufacture of flavorings and perfume.(15) They had better success, after much trial and error, by using a one-step cocktail fixative .(16) For histopathological observation, interphalangeal joint of right hind paw was sliced and placed in fixative of 10% formaline.

Related Phrases of fixative

(1) fixative ::

fixative

Related Phrases of fixative

(1) fixative ::

fixative

Synonyms

1. tacky ::

tacky

3. clingy ::

unamathele

4. sticky ::

encangathi

5. fixative ::

fixative

6. glutinous ::

glutinous

7. sticker ::

sticker

8. adhesive ::

ngcina

Different Forms

fixative, fixatives

English to Xhosa Dictionary: fixative

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English to Xhosa Dictionary: fixative

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