Definition of "fixed point" []

• A value which is unchanged by a function or other mapping. Formally: a value x for which f(x) = x.W (noun)
• A fractional-number representation with a fixed number of digits after the decimal point. Compare floating point and integer. (noun)
• Pertaining to fixed point representations or operations. (adjective)

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• "Now if we could find a fixed point that is a synchronism between a fact in the life of Paul and a certainly dated event in profane history, it would be easy to reconstruct the Pauline chronology."
• "Deever just scowled and kept staring at a fixed point at the far corner of the tower on which they stood."