stationary
adjective/ˈsteɪʃənri/
/ˈsteɪʃəneri/
- not moving; not intended to be moved
- I remained stationary.
- The car collided with a stationary vehicle.
- a stationary exercise bike
- I walked down one of the stationary escalators.
- Some of the larger birds can remain stationary in the air for several minutes.
Homophones stationary | stationerystationary stationery/ˈsteɪʃənri//ˈsteɪʃəneri/- stationary adjective
- The traffic was completely stationary.
- stationery noun
- You can find coloured pens and pencils in the stationery cupboard.
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- not changing in condition or quantity synonym static
- a stationary population
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin stationarius (originally in the sense ‘belonging to a military station’), from statio(n-) ‘standing’, from stare ‘to stand’.
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