Defn: The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
STATIONARY
Sta"tion*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. stationarius: cf. F. stationnaire. Cf.
Stationer.]
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 thet 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.
STATIONARY
Sta"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries (.
Defn: One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. Holland.
STATIONER
Sta"tion*er, n. Etym: [Cf. Stationary, a.]
1. A bookseller or publisher; — formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing.