stationary
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ʃəˌnɛr adjective
1.
standing still; not moving.
2.
having a fixed position; not movable.
3.
established in one place; not itinerant or migratory.
4.
remaining in the same condition or state; not changing: The market price has remained stationary for a week.
noun
6.
a person or thing that is stationary.
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Stationary
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Related forms
non·sta·tion·ar·y, adjective, noun, plural non·sta·tion·ar·ies.
qua·si-sta·tion·ar·y, adjective
un·sta·tion·ar·y, adjective
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stationary (ˈsteɪʃənərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not moving; standing still |
| 2. | not able to be moved |
| 3. | showing no change: the doctors said his condition was stationary |
| 4. | tending to remain in one place |
| [C15: from Latin statiōnārius, from statiō | |
| 'stationarily | |
| —adv | |
| 'stationariness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
stationary
1426, in relation to planetary motions, from L. stationarius, in classical L., "of a military station," from statio (see station).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Every scarier are the folks standing still that think a stationary light is moving drastically around.
Electricity, meanwhile, is delivered via a conductive brush that sweeps across a metal ring in the stationary base.
But many such technologies, such as large stationary batteries or flywheels, are expensive to build.
The target was stationary and directly on the centerline route.
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