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stationary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ (US)
  • stāʹshə-nĕr'ē (US)
  • /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not moving.
    • The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.
  2. (not-comparable) Incapable of being moved.
  3. (not-comparable) Unchanging.
  4. (not-comparable) A set which intersects all club sets.

Antonyms

changeful · kinetic · mobile · changing · movable · inconstant · up-and-down · vagile · labile · on the move · moving · volatile · fickle · mobile · in motion · ambulatory · unstill · changeable · everchanging · variable · motile · variable · mutable · astir · mobile · cursory · animate · wavering · afoot · changeling · in motion · moody · dynamic · on the move · fluid · moveable · shiftable · mobile · dynamic · under sail · unstable · in motion · on the wing · animate · motive · moving

Deriveds

stationary engine · stationary point · semistationary · stationary wave · stationarity · stationariness · photostationary · cyclostationary · stationarily · stationary front · nonstationary · stationary air · stationary phase approximation · stationary bike · unstationary · hydrostationary · non-stationary · quasistationary · stationary phase · stationary bicycle · strict-sense stationary · stationary distribution · geostationary

Hypernyms

movable · inactive

Hyponyms

stagnant

Relateds

immobile

Synonyms

unmoved · lifeless · changeless · inanimate · constant · immobile · static · inanimate · inert · unmoving · still · sessile · changeless · unchanging · stuck · fixed · unaltering · still · dull · sedentary · immobile · immotile · stock-still · unmovable · stationary · motionless · immutable · immovable · constant · unmoving · static · stationary · at rest · impassive · immobile · stock-still · stationary · torpid · rigid · motionless · sedent · unmoveable · equal · unchanging · unmoveable · unvarying · nonchanging · lifeless · fixed

Translations (69)

hy անշարժ (not moving) · nl stilstaand (not moving) · tr durağan (not moving) · ru неподви́жный (not moving) · hi अपरिवर्तनीय (unchanging) · ru стациона́рный (incapable of being moved) · ca estacionari (unchanging) · mi upa (not moving) · cmn 不动 (not moving) · ca immòbil (incapable of being moved) · nl onveranderlijk (unchanging) · pt estacionário (incapable of being moved) · ko 멈춰 있는 (not moving) · ja 固定された (incapable of being moved) · nl onverzettelijk (incapable of being moved) · nl stationair (not moving) · fi muuttumaton (unchanging) · pt estacionário (not moving) · uk нерухо́мий (not moving) · ja 止まっている (not moving) · bg стациона́рен (incapable of being moved) · fi paikallaan oleva (not moving) · fi pysähtynyt (unchanging) · tr stasyoner (not moving) · hu mozdulatlan (not moving) · de stationär (not moving) · uk пості́йний (unchanging) · tr hareketsiz (not moving) · hi स्थिर (not moving) · tr durağan (unchanging) · la statīvus (not moving) · ro staționar (not moving) · ota حركتسز (incapable of being moved) · ko 변함없는 (unchanging) · es estacionario (unchanging) · ja 静止した (not moving) · de ortsgebunden (incapable of being moved) · ko 고정된 (unchanging) · hi अचल (not moving) · tr stasyoner (incapable of being moved) · de unbeweglich (incapable of being moved) · es estacionario (not moving) · ru постоя́нный (unchanging) · hi ध्रुव (not moving) · uk стаціона́рний (incapable of being moved) · fi liikkumatta (not moving) · tl digala (not moving) · ro staționar (unchanging) · hi निश्चल (not moving) · la immōbilis (incapable of being moved) · es inamovible (incapable of being moved) · ko 고정된 (incapable of being moved) · pt estacionário (unchanging) · ro neschimbător (unchanging) · fi paikallaan (not moving) · hi स्थिर (incapable of being moved) · bg неизменен (unchanging) · ota حركتسز (not moving) · fi liikkumaton (not moving) · mi whakaroau (not moving) · ja 変わらない (unchanging) · tr sabit (not moving) · eo haltigita (not moving) · de stationär (incapable of being moved) · tr sabit (unchanging) · ca estacionari (not moving) · fr stationnaire (not moving) · de standortgebunden (incapable of being moved) · fi kiinteä (incapable of being moved)

stationary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ (US)
  • stāʹshə-nĕr'ē (US)
  • /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (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. 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, →OCLC:
  2. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of stationery.
    alt of stationery

Forms

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Relateds

stationery · stationary point