adj. 1. a. Not moving. b. Not capable of being moved; fixed. 2. Unchanging: a stationary sound. n. pl. sta·tion·ar·ies One that is stationary. [Middle English stacionarie, from Old French stationnaire, from Medieval Latin statiōnārius, from Latin, belonging to a military station, from statiō, statiōn-, station; see STATION.] |
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