Stationary
Not to be confused with stationery.
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In addition to its common meaning, stationary may have the following specialized scientific meanings:
Mathematics
Meteorology
- A stationary front is a weather front that is not moving
Physics
- A time-invariant system quantity, such as a constant position or temperature
- A steady state physical process, such as a vibration at constant amplitude and frequency or a steady fluid flow
- A stationary wave is a standing wave
- Stationary spacetime in general relativity
Other uses
- "Stationary", a song from Copacetic (Knuckle Puck album)
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