stational
- adjective
- Archaic
- During the ceremony, the guards stood stational at their posts for hours.
Examples
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The sculpture is stational, designed to stay in the same spot in the garden.
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The stational equipment must be securely anchored to prevent movement.
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The broken wagon remained stational at the roadside until the repair crew arrived.
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The stational design of the sculpture allows it to remain in one place.
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The broken wagon remained stational at the roadside until the repair crew arrived.
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During the ceremony, the guards stood stational at their posts for hours.
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The sculpture is stational, designed to stay in the same spot in the garden.
Synonyms
Not moving and staying in one place
Not moving or changing over time
Completely still with no movement, like a statue
Not able to move or be moved, like a statue
Not moving at all
Staying in the same place and not changing position
Completely still and not changing position
Unable to move or be moved easily
Attached firmly to something so it cannot move
Stays the same and does not change
Not moving or changing, used about forces on objects in balance
Antonyms
How Still
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stational comes from the root stat meaning 'to stand' and the word station, which is a fixed place. So something stational stays in one place or is 'not moving', like a broken wagon left at the roadside.