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fixed point

Syllabification: (fixed point)

Definition of fixed point

noun

Physics

a well-defined reproducible temperature that can be used as a reference point, e.g., one defined by a change of phase.

adjective

(fixed-point) Computing

denoting a mode of representing a number by a single sequence of digits whose values depend on their location relative to a predetermined radix point:these computers perform arithmetic in fixed-point binary formatOften contrasted with floating-point.