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semistationary

adj

Etymology

From semi- + stationary.

  1. derived from stationarius
  2. prefixed as semistationary — “semi + stationary”

Definitions

  1. Allowing only a limited range of movement.

    • Where semistationary shovels do the loading, some sort of vehicle must haul the rock either to the next part of the materials-handling system, located near the stoping area, or all the way to the shaft.

  2. Staying on one place or form, although capable of change on occasion.

    • They now have several satellites located in semistationary orbits at strategic locations around the world instead of one satellite circulating the globe.

  3. Having the same properties over time, although possibly showing different behavior in…

    Having the same properties over time, although possibly showing different behavior in stability intervals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semistationary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA