stationary
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stationary
adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the
engine running"
2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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