stationary

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/
• (US) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
• Homophone: stationery
• Hyphenation: sta‧tion‧ary

stationary (not comparable)

1. Not moving.

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

2. incapable of being moved
3. unchanging

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

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

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. Misspelling of stationery.

• stationary point
• stationery