stationary
adjective
- not moving
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ / /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
adj
Etymology: From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.
- Not moving.
“The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.”
- Incapable of being moved.
- Unchanging.
- A set which intersects all club sets.
noun
Etymology: From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.
- One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
“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.”
- Misspelling of stationery.