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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sta·tion·ary /ˈsteʃəˌnɛri/
 不動的人;常備軍

From: Network Terminology

 stationary
 固定 平穩

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sta·tion·a·ry a.
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sta·tion·a·ry, n.; pl. -ries  One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 stationary
      adj 1: standing still; "the car remained stationary with the engine
             running"
      2: not capable of being moved; "stationary machinery"