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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
sta·tion·ar·y       [stey-shuh-ner-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, plural -ar·ies.
–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.
5.geostationary.
–noun
6.a person or thing that is stationary.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L statiōnārius. See station, -ary]
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sta·tion·ar·y       (stā'shə-něr'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Not moving.
    2. Not capable of being moved; fixed.
  1. Unchanging: a stationary sound.

n.   pl. sta·tion·ar·ies
One that is stationary.


[Middle English stacionarie, from Old French stationnaire, from Medieval Latin statiōnārius, from Latin, belonging to a military station, from statiō, statiōn-, station; see station.]

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stationary 
1426, in relation to planetary motions, from L. stationarius, in classical L., "of a military station," from statio (see station).

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stationary

adjective
1. standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine running" 
2. not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery" 

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Stationary

Sta"tion*a*ry\, a. [L. stationarius: cf. F. stationnaire. Cf. Stationer.]

1. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.

Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story. --Southey.

2. Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.

3. Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.

Stationary air (Physiol.), the air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration.

Stationary engine. (a) A steam engine thet is permanently placed, in distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine engine, etc. Specifically: (b) A factory engine, in distinction from a blowing, pumping, or other kind of engine which is also permanently placed.

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Stationary

Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. --Holland.

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