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# stationary

«stationary» in Mova's school dictionary: **not moving, standing still: "a stationary car"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (stationary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stationary means not moving, standing still: "a stationary car". [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x1)
- A stationary object has a speed of zero. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x3)
- Mum rides a stationary bike at the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x4)
- Keep the camera stationary to take a clear photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/#x5)
- The train stayed stationary for ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stationary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stationary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.