STATIONARY
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Sta"tion*a*ry (-&auptack_;*rӗ), a. [L. stationarius: cf. F. stationnaire. Cf. Stationer.] 1. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
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Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story.
Southey.
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2. Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
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3. Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
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Stationary air (Physiol.), the air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration. -- Stationary engine. (a) A steam engine that 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.
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Sta"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-rĭz). One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. Holland.
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