stationary at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
['steıʃə'nerı]
stationary at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
adj [Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: stationarius, from statio; STATION1]// standing still instead of moving// --How did you manage to drive into a stationary vehicle?// ----------// HINT sense 1 // Do not confuse with stationery (=writing materials such as paper). // ----------//
stationary at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "stationary":
abiding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, at anchor,
changeless, constant, contemplative, continuing, dead-still,
do-nothing, dormant, durable, enduring, firm, fixed, frozen, idle,
immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, inactive,
inert, inflexible, intact, inviolate, irremovable, laissez-aller,
laissez-faire, lasting, meditative, motionless, moveless, neuter,
neutral, out of commission, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, pat,
permanent, perpetual, persistent, procrastinating, quiescent,
quietist, quietistic, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid,
sedentary, solid, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static,
statuelike, staying, steadfast, still, stock-still, sustained,
torpid, unactive, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmovable,
unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, unyielding,
vegetable, vegetative
stationary at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[ADJ] (Permanence): stable, persisting, permanent, established, unchanged, intact, inviolate, persistent, unfailing, undestroyed, unrepealed, conservative, stationary.
[ADJ] (Stillness): quiet, quiescent, still, motionless, unmoving, fixed, stationary, immobile, immobilized, at a standstill, sedentary, becalmed, stagnant, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, immovable, stable, sleeping, inactive, silent.
stationary at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
adjective
1 not moving; not intended to be moved:
I remained stationary. * The car collided with a stationary vehicle. * a stationary exercise bike
OPP MOBILE
2 not changing in condition or quantity:
a stationary population
Stationary at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, a. [L. stationarius: cf. F.
stationnaire. Cf. {Stationer}.]
1. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does
not believe the story. --Southey.
2. Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser,
greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
3. Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of
vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
{Stationary air} (Physiol.), the air which under ordinary
circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration.
{Stationary engine}.
(a) A steam engine thet is permanently placed, in
distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine
engine, etc. Specifically:
(b) A factory engine, in distinction from a blowing,
pumping, or other kind of engine which is also
permanently placed.
Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when
apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
--Holland.
stationary at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
stationary
adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine
running"
2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"
stationary at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Pronunciation
* Inter: a » UK Inter: IPA » /ˈsteɪʃənəri/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /"steIS@n@ri/Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la stationarius, from statio, ultimately from Inter: term » sto|stō|lang=la||to stand.Adjective
Inter: wikipedi » aInter: en-ad » j
Synonyms
* Inter: sense » not moving fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmovingAntonyms
* Inter: sense » not moving in motion, moving, on the moveTranslations
Inter: trans-top » not movingInter: trans-mi » d
- Japanese: Inter: t- » ja|止まっている|tr=tomatteiru, Inter: t- » ja|静止した|tr=sēshi shita
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|неподвижный|tr=nepodvížnyj|sc=Cyrl
- Spanish: Inter: t- » es|estacionario
- Turkish: Inter: t+ » tr|sabit, Inter: t+ » tr|durağan, Inter: t+ » tr|hareketsiz
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » incapable of being moved
- Japanese: Inter: t- » ja|固定された|tr=kotē sareta
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|стационарный|tr=stacionárnyj|sc=Cyrl
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » unchanging
- Japanese: Inter: t- » ja|変わらない|tr=kawaranai
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|постоянный|tr=postojánnyj|sc=Cyrl
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Noun
Inter: en-noun » stationariesSee also
* stationary pointTranslation: et » stationary
Translation: el » stationary
Translation: fa » stationary
Translation: fr » stationary
Translation: ko » stationary
Translation: io » stationary
Translation: kn » stationary
Translation: hu » stationary
Translation: mg » stationary
Translation: ml » stationary
Translation: my » stationary
Translation: ja » stationary
Translation: pl » stationary
Translation: pt » stationary
Category: simple:stationary -
Translation: sr » stationary
Translation: fi » stationary
Translation: sv » stationary
Translation: ta » stationary
Translation: te » stationary
Translation: vi » stationary
Translation: zh » stationary