stationary
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr'ē, IPA(key): /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
- Homophone: stationery
- Hyphenation: sta‧tion‧ary
Adjective edit
stationary (not comparable)
- Not moving.
- The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.
- Incapable of being moved.
- Unchanging.
Synonyms edit
- (not moving): fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
- (incapable of being moved): immobile, unmoveable
- (unchanging): changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "not moving"): in motion, moving, on the move
- (antonym(s) of "incapable of being moved"): mobile, moveable
- (antonym(s) of "unchanging"): changing, mutable, variable
Derived terms edit
- cyclostationary
- geostationary
- hydrostationary
- non-stationary
- nonstationary
- photostationary
- quasistationary
- semistationary
- stationary air
- stationary bicycle
- stationary bike
- stationary distribution
- stationary engine
- stationary front
- stationary phase
- stationary phase approximation
- stationary point
- stationary wave
- strict-sense stationary
Translations edit
not moving
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incapable of being moved
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unchanging
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Noun edit
stationary (plural stationaries)
- (obsolete, rare) One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- 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.
- Misspelling of stationery.