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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Stationary

/(-ā̇*ry̆)/ · Sta·tion·a·ry · IPA /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
01 a. Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
  1. 1.
    Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
    “Charles Wesley, who is a more stationary man, does not believe the story.” — Southey.
  2. 2.
    Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
  3. 3.
    Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
Phrases & compounds
Stationary air — the air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration.
Stationary engine — A steam engine that is permanently placed, in distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine engine, etc.
02 n. One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
pl. -ries ((-rĭz))
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.