stationary UK /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/US /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/adjective 4noun 1forms 1 adjective4 •Not moving.The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track. •Unchanging. •Incapable of being moved. •A set which intersects all club sets. noun1 •(no longer used, rare) One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.As also, that then they [the planets] are Stationaries in their houses which be in the middle points of the latitudes, which they cal eclipticks. — 1601 formsstationaries
