stationary

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Pronunciation

/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (UK)

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/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (UK) · /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ (US)

Definition of stationary

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Not moving.

“The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.”

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adj

(not-comparable)Not moving.

“The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.”
(not-comparable)Incapable of being moved.
(not-comparable)Unchanging.

noun

(obsolete, rare)One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

“As also, that then they [the planets] are Stationaries in their houses which be in the middle points of the latitudes, which they cal eclipticks.”
(alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of stationery.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.

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