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STATIONARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not capable of being moved
Example:
stationary machinery
Classified under:
Similar:
fixed (securely placed or fastened or set)
Derivation:
stationariness (remaining in place)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Standing still
Example:
the car remained stationary with the engine running
Classified under:
Similar:
nonmoving; unmoving (not in motion)
Derivation:
stationariness (remaining in place)
Context examples:
The researchers used a stationary bicycling test to gauge aerobic fitness.
(Exercise May Help Seniors with Word, Memory Problems, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I ceased waving my hand, so that the shadow remained stationary.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
But it was stationary; and as the gentleman advanced into the light, I saw that he was some years older than when he had had his picture painted.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When I stood still the sound was constant, so that it seemed to come from some stationary cause.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The fact that a somewhat dilapidated blue one remained stationary above the unprotected bonnet attracted her attention, and looking up, she saw Mr. Bhaer looking down.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons; energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor.
(Electricity, NCI Thesaurus)
Susan became the stationary niece, delighted to be so; and equally well adapted for it by a readiness of mind, and an inclination for usefulness, as Fanny had been by sweetness of temper, and strong feelings of gratitude.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Any of a diverse group of techniques used to separate mixtures of substances based on differences in the relative affinities of the substances for two different media, one (the mobile phase) a moving fluid and the other (the stationary phase or sorbent) a porous solid or gel or a liquid coated on a solid support.
(Chromatography, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
This strategy may work as a consequence of users' negligence towards password security of stationary devices, which the users do not directly interact with in their everyday life while leaving them exposed to the Internet.
(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)
I well remember though, how the distant idea of the holidays, after seeming for an immense time to be a stationary speck, began to come towards us, and to grow and grow.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
