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.
- He will ultimately call this a government cost-cutting measure due to the $79.95 he will save us in stationary and postage!
- Satsuma Press stationary is simple design that is pleasing to the eye and mind; refreshing color and lush paper; plenty of open space and quiet, graceful beauty.
- Aristide Antonas, a designer from Athens, has a great idea to recycle old trucks into apartments that can either remain stationary or stay attached to the truck and be mobile.
- First, he postulated that, in contrast to classical mechanics, where an infinite number of orbits is possible, an electron can be in only one of a discrete set of orbits, which he termed stationary states.
- But I must admit: these beautiful stationary sachets are too pretty for my stationary I have a strange interest in Asian stationary - from both Korea and Japan - but they are all way too juvenile for this scent.
- Hopefully the little guy will get out and continue to explore, if not and as long as the solar panels don't get covered too bad – I guess it would be a good time to start some long term stationary monitoring of the area.
- Adams said it has become difficult to get parts for the doors, and so the doors on one end of the hangar remain stationary because some of the parts from those doors were used to repair the doors at the other end of the hangar.
- A short history of the Steady-State economy John Stuart Mill was not the first economist to write about the steady-state economy (he used the term stationary state), but he was among the first to contemplate it with pleasure rather than distaste as Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo had done before.