stationary
IPA: stˈeɪʃʌnɛri
noun
- (obsolete, rare) One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
- Misspelling of stationery. [Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.]
adjective
- Not moving.
- Incapable of being moved.
- Unchanging.
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Examples of "stationary" in Sentences
- The function of the machine is stationary.
- Both the spool and the rim are stationary.
- Suppose the center of the loop is stationary.
- From the stationary observer, the path is vertical.
- Eason is the official stationary distributor in Ireland.
- The dermis is fundamentally fixed to the bone and is stationary.
- In the centre of the universe is the Earth, round and stationary.
- It is stationary relative to the the movement of the sun, earth etc.
- Anyway, the theory of the aether was that the aether was stationary, right
- The stationary part of the tension device is affixed to the stationary base.
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