Stationary

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[i^]z).
     One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when
     apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
     --Holland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L. stationarius:
     cf. F. stationnaire. Cf. {Stationer}.]
     1. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
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              Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does
              not believe the story.                --Southey.
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     2. Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser,
        greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
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     3. Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of
        vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
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     {Stationary air} (Physiol.), the air which under ordinary
        circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration.
  
     {Stationary engine}.
        (a) A steam engine that 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "stationary":
     abiding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, at anchor,
     changeless, constant, contemplative, continuing, dead-still,
     do-nothing, dormant, durable, enduring, firm, fixed, frozen, idle,
     immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, inactive,
     inert, inflexible, intact, inviolate, irremovable, laissez-aller,
     laissez-faire, lasting, meditative, motionless, moveless, neuter,
     neutral, out of commission, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, pat,
     permanent, perpetual, persistent, procrastinating, quiescent,
     quietist, quietistic, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid,
     sedentary, solid, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static,
     statuelike, staying, steadfast, still, stock-still, sustained,
     torpid, unactive, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
     unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmovable,
     unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, unyielding,
     vegetable, vegetative