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Word Meanings - STATIONARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

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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 , the air which under ordinary circumstances does not leave the lungs in respiration. -- Stationary engine. A steam engine thet is permanently placed, in distinction from a portable engine, locomotive, marine engine, etc. Specifically: A factory engine, in distinction from a blowing, pumping, or other kind of engine which is also permanently placed.

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  • REGULARITY
    The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
  • UNIFORMISM
    The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
  • CONSISTENTLY
    In a consistent manner.
  • UNIFORMAL
    Uniform. Herrick.
  • UNIFORMLY
    In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly , to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of
  • SETTLEMENT
    A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
  • 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.
  • REGULARIA
    A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
  • RESOLUTENESS
    The quality of being resolute.
  • IMMOVABLE
    Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus , an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable
  • RESOLUTELY
    In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. Some.. facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift.
  • SETTLE
    1. A seat of any kind. "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole. 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. And from the bottom upon the ground, even
  • RELIABLE
    Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. "A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles." A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. Coleridge. According to General Livingston's
  • CONSISTENT
    1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. 2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous;
  • REGULAR
    Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin. (more info) 1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal;
  • RESOLUTE
    of resolvere) means, relaxed, enervated, effeminate. See Resolve, v. 1. Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady. Edward is at hand, Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. Shak.
  • SETTLER
    1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. 3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which
  • CONSERVATIVENESS
    The quality of being conservative.
  • REGULARLY
    In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.
  • CONSERVATIVE
    1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. 2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation. 3. Of or pertaining to a political party which favors
  • IRREGULARITY
    The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
  • MESOCUNEIFORM; MESOCUNIFORM
    One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
  • ENTOCUNEIFORM; ENTOCUNIFORM
    One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
  • INCONSISTENTLY
    In an inconsistent manner.
  • DISSETTLEMENT
    The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
  • OUTSETTLER
    One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.
  • INCONSISTENTNESS
    Inconsistency.
  • LAND OF STEADY HABITS
    Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws of the early period.

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