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stationary

adj
/ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/UK/ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/US

Etymology

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.

  1. derived from stationarius

Definitions

  1. Not moving.

    • The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.

  2. Incapable of being moved.

  3. Unchanging.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither…

      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.

    2. Misspelling of stationery.

The neighborhood

Derived

cyclostationary, geostationary, hydrostationary, nonstationary, non-stationary, photostationary, quasistationary, semistationary, stationarily, stationariness, stationarity, stationary air, stationary bicycle, stationary bike, stationary distribution, stationary engine, stationary front, stationary phase, stationary phase approximation, stationary point, stationary wave, strict-sense stationary, unstationary

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stationary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stationary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at stationary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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