stationary

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənəri/, X-SAMPA: /"steIS@n@ri/
• (US) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr-ĭ, IPA: /ˈsteɪʃənɛri/, X-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)
• Russian: неподвижный (ru) (nepodvížnyj) 
• Spanish: estacionario (es)
• Turkish: sabit (tr), durağan (tr), hareketsiz (tr)

incapable of being moved

• Japanese: 固定された (ja) (kotē sareta)
• Russian: стационарный (ru) (stacionárnyj) 

• Spanish: inamovible (es)

unchanging

• Japanese: 変わらない (ja) (kawaranai)
• Russian: постоянный (ru) (postojánnyj) 

• Spanish: estacionario (es)
• Turkish: sabit (tr), durağan (tr)

Noun

stationary (plural stationaries)

1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

2. Common misspelling of stationery.

See also

• stationary point