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Webster 1913 Edition
Stationary
1.
Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
Charles Wesley, who is a more
stationary
man, does not believe the story. Southey.
2.
Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
3.
Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
Stationary air
(Physiol.)
, the air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration.
– Stationary engine
. (a)
A steam engine that is permanently placed, in distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine engine, etc.
Specifically:
(b)
A factory engine, in distinction from a blowing, pumping, or other kind of engine which is also permanently placed.
Sta′tion-a-ry
,Noun.
pl.
-ries
(-rĭz)
. One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stationary
STATIONARY
,Adj.
1.
Fixed; not moving, progressive or regressive; not appearing to move. The sun becomes stationary in Cancer, in its advance into the northern signs. The court in England which was formerly itinerary, is now stationary.2.
Not advancing, in a moral sense; not improving; not growing wiser, greater or better; not becoming greater or more excellent.3.
Respecting place.The same harmony and stationary constitution---
Stationary fever, a fever depending on peculiar seasons.