Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stationary"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stationary
adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine
running"
2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"


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