stationary

Speech parts

1. stationary - Noun

2. stationary - Adjective

3. stationary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.

Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.

Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.

One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

still fixed immobile motionless unchanging unmoving chancellery stabile set constant stable permanent standing stopped conservative
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Antonyms

moving variable mobile mutable quicksilver nomad
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Phrases with the word

be stationary stationary rings stationary telephone congenital stationary night blindness equilibrium mechanics of stationary bodies stationary axle

Derivatives

-ries

Examples

stationary machinery Source: Internet

the car remained stationary with the engine running Source: Internet

Aberration causes objects to appear to be angled or tilted towards the direction of motion of the observer compared to when the observer is stationary. Source: Internet

Above all, motion perception is developed, and stationary objects are not well perceived. Source: Internet

A cold front entering the far northwest offshore waters will weaken and become stationary today. Source: Internet

Accordingly, Jupiter's orbit appears almost stationary as the pink ellipse at top left. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stationarily stationariness stationarity stationary air stationary axle stationary bicycle