different between stationary vs sessile

English

Etymology

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from st? (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste??(?)n(?)?i/
• (US) enPR: st??sh?-n?r'?, IPA^(key): /?ste????n??i/
• Homophone: stationery
• Hyphenation: sta?tion?ary

Adjective

stationary (not comparable)

1. Not moving.

   The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.

2. incapable of being moved
3. unchanging

Synonyms

• (not moving): fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
• (incapable of being moved): immobile, unmoveable
• (unchanging): changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

Antonyms

• (not moving): in motion, moving, on the move
• (incapable of being moved): mobile, moveable
• (unchanging): changing, mutable, variable

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

stationary (plural stationaries)

1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

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2. Misspelling of stationery.

See also

• stationary point
• stationery

English

Etymology

From New Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sed?re (“sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

Adjective

sessile (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

   a sessile oyster

2. (botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Synonyms

• (not free to move): attached, fixed, immobile

Antonyms

• (not free to move): mobile, motile

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• lessies

Italian

Adjective

sessile (plural sessili)

1. (botany, zoology) sessile

Latin

Adjective

sessile

1. nominative neuter singular of sessilis
2. accusative neuter singular of sessilis
3. vocative neuter singular of sessilis