stationary

== English == === Etymology === From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/ (US) enPR: stāʹshə-nĕr'ē, IPA(key): /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ Homophone: stationery Hyphenation: sta‧tion‧ary === Adjective === stationary (not comparable) Not moving. Synonyms: fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving; see also Thesaurus:stationary Antonyms: in motion, moving, on the move; see also Thesaurus:in motion Incapable of being moved. Synonyms: immobile, unmoveable; see also Thesaurus:immobile Antonyms: mobile, moveable; see also Thesaurus:movable Unchanging. Synonyms: changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging; see also Thesaurus:changeless Antonyms: changing, mutable, variable; see also Thesaurus:changeable (mathematics) A set which intersects all club sets. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === stationary (plural stationaries) (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. ==== See also ==== stationary point stationery