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Stationary

//ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not moving. not-comparable

    "The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track."

  2. 2
    Incapable of being moved. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Unchanging. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    not capable of being moved wordnet
  2. 2
    standing still wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. obsolete, rare

    "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."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of stationery. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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