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stationary
[ stey-shuh-ner-ee ]
adjective
- standing still; not moving.
- having a fixed position; not movable.
- established in one place; not itinerant or migratory.
- remaining in the same condition or state; not changing:
The market price has remained stationary for a week.
noun
- a person or thing that is stationary.
stationary
/ ˈsteɪʃənərɪ /
adjective
- not moving; standing still
- not able to be moved
- showing no change
the doctors said his condition was stationary
- tending to remain in one place
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Usage
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Derived Forms
- ˈstationarily, adverb
- ˈstationariness, noun
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Other Words From
- non·station·ary adjective noun plural nonstationaries
- quasi-station·ary adjective
- un·station·ary adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stationary1
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Example Sentences
“I usually see people head to the stationary bikes,” Steinbrick says.
Senhor José remains stationary, but this lengthy series of clauses propels the reader along an unmarked path.
Let me tell you, you look pretty silly nearly whiffing a stationary ball.
Five minutes later, Grace bounds down the stationary escalator, clutching a bacon cheeseburger and a Coke.
Aristotle saw a universe with a stationary earth at the center and Galileo saw a universe with the earth in motion about the sun.
The trains were pulled up the incline at the Lickey by powerful stationary engines.
The cross-head, side rods, and boiler were very similar to the Welsh stationary engines of that date.
To the great amazement of the Moro chiefs, the waggons suddenly became stationary, whilst the released horses galloped on ahead!
There is a tolerable theatre, but the dramatic corps are not stationary.
Of the Somali tribes the Herti dwell near the coast and are more or less stationary.
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