stationary

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənəri/, SAMPA: /"steIS@n@ri/
• (US) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr-ĭ, IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənɛri/, SAMPA: /"steIS@nEri/
• Homophone: stationery

Etymology

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō.

Adjective

Wikipedia

stationary (comparative more stationary, superlative most stationary)

1. Not moving.

   For a few moments, the train remained stationary, before lurching forward along the track.

2. incapable of being moved
3. unchanging

Synonyms

• (not moving): fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
• (incapable of being moved): immobile, unmoveable
• (unchanging): changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

Antonyms

• (not moving): in motion, moving, on the move
• (incapable of being moved): mobile, moveable
• (unchanging): changing, mutable, variable

Translations

not moving

Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž) Esperanto: haltigita (eo) Finnish: liikkumaton, paikallaan oleva French: stationnaire (fr) m. and f.

Hungarian: mozdulatlan (hu) Japanese: 止まっている (ja) (tomatteiru), 静止した (ja) (sēshi shita) Turkish: sabit (tr), durağan (tr), hareketsiz (tr)

incapable of being moved

Japanese: 固定された (ja) (kotē sareta)

unchanging

Japanese: 変わらない (ja) (kawaranai)

Turkish: sabit (tr), durağan (tr)

Noun

stationary

1. Common misspelling of stationery.

See also

• stationary point