'Immovable apparatus' definitions:

Definition of 'Immovable apparatus'

From: GCIDE
  • Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a.
  • 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [1913 Webster]
  • Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place.
  • Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. [1913 Webster]