# stationary

Pronunciation: US say "STAY-shuh-ner-ee" /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/; UK say "STAY-shuh-nuh-ree" /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/

## Adjective

1. Not moving, or standing still in one place.
   - Simple: Staying still and not moving.
   - _Traffic on the bridge remained stationary for nearly an hour after the crash._
   - _The cyclist slammed into a stationary van parked across the bike lane._
2. Incapable of being moved; fixed in place.
   - Simple: Not able to be moved from its place.
   - _The mill ran on a stationary steam engine bolted to a concrete base._
   - _Unlike the mobile units, the stationary speed cameras are mounted permanently on poles._
3. Not changing; remaining the same over time.
   - Simple: Staying the same and not changing.
   - _The town's population has remained stationary since the factory closed._
   - _Wages stayed stationary while rents kept climbing._

## Noun

4. A person or thing that is stationary, such as a planet at a point where it appears to have neither forward nor retrograde motion. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Someone or something that is not moving, like a planet that seems to stand still in the sky.

## Origin

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō ("to stand"). It is a doublet of stationer.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stationary (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).