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# stationary

adjective (stationary)

«stationary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stationary means not moving, standing still: "a stationary car". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#m1)
2. Stationary can mean not changing: "the number of pupils stayed stationary". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and maths lessons on movement, a stationary object has a speed of zero; on a distance–time graph, a flat line shows the object is stationary. In road safety, "never walk behind a stationary bus" because it may move. Phrases: remain stationary, stationary vehicle, stationary bike.

### Examples

- The car was stationary at the red light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x1)
- A stationary object has a speed of zero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x2)
- On the graph, the flat part shows when the cyclist was stationary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x3)
- Mum rides a stationary bike at the gym. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x4)
- Keep the camera stationary to take a clear photo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x5)
- The train stayed stationary for ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x6)
- He therefore brought her to Delos, a floating island in the AEgean Sea, which he made stationary by attaching it with chains of adamant to the bottom of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x7)

### Note

Big spelling trap: stationary (with -ary) means not moving; stationery (with -ery) means paper, pens and envelopes. Memory trick: stationEry has "E" for envelopes; stationAry has "A" for "at a standstill".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stationary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stationary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stationary.html) on Mova free.