Definition of "fixating" [fixating]

• Present participle of fixate. (verb)

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• "In agriculture, beneficial micro-organisms play different roles in the soil, such as fixating atmospheric nitrogen, decomposing organic wastes and residues, suppressing soil-borne pathogens, recycling and increasing the availability of plant nutrients, degrading toxicants - including pesticides - producing antibiotics and other bio-active compounds."
• "An agricultural commission noted this year that these labor costs are contributing to the rise in food prices—a problem currently fixating the ruling Congress Party, though the government's solution, predictably, is to expand welfare."
• "I am fixating on small things out of place -- a water glass left on a coaster has to go to the dishwasher or the spot where we keep water glasses right away."