sta|tion

sta|tion: sta|tion «STAY shuhn», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a) a place to stand in; place or spot that a person is appointed to occupy in the performance of some duty; assigned post: »The policeman took his station at the corner.
SYNONYM(S): position, location. b) a locality or post assigned for military duty to a person or unit. c) a place or region to which a naval vessel or fleet is assigned for duty. d) a place at which naval vessels or aircraft are regularly located: »a naval air station.
e) (formerly, in India) the place of residence of the British officials of a district or officers of a garrison.

2. a) a place to which people are assigned and where equipment is set up for some particular kind of work, research, or the like: »a postal station, a biological station, a weather station.
b) the police headquarters of a district. c) the place or equipment for sending out or receiving programs or messages by radio or television.

3. a) a regular stopping place: »a bus station.
b) the building or buildings erected at such a place; depot: »Father met me at the coffee shop in the railroad station.

4. a cattle or sheep farm in Australia or New Zealand: »Stations either for sheep or cattle were spotted about…over the whole country (Samuel Butler).

5. social position; rank: »A serf was a man of humble station in life.

6. Figurative. situation or position, as in a class, scale of estimation, or the like: »The masters told his parents he was dull and advised them to take him out; they were only wasting their money trying to educate him beyond his station (Edmund Wilson).

7. Surveying. a) each of the selected points at which observations are taken. b) a fixed uniform distance into which a survey line is divided.

8. Biology. the condition or position of an animal or plant in its habitat, or its relation to its environment.

9. the act or posture of standing on the feet.

10. the condition or fact of standing still: »Her motion and her station are as one; She shows a body rather than a life (Shakespeare).

–v.t.

to assign a station to; place: »The faithful dog stationed himself at the door behind which his master lay sick in bed. The soldier was stationed at Fort Hays.

╂[< Latin statiō, -ōnis < stāre to stand]

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sta´tion|ar´i|ly — sta|tion|ar|y «STAY shuh NEHR ee», adjective. 1. a) having a fixed station or place; not movable: »A factory engine is stationary. SYNONYM(S): immovable. b) residing or established in one place; not itinerant or migratory: »I deemed it advisable… … Useful english dictionary
sta|tion|ar|y — «STAY shuh NEHR ee», adjective. 1. a) having a fixed station or place; not movable: »A factory engine is stationary. SYNONYM(S): immovable. b) residing or established in one place; not itinerant or migratory: »I deemed it advisable to…change my… … Useful english dictionary
sta|tion|al — «STAY shuhn uhl», adjective. of or having to do with a station … Useful english dictionary
sta|tion|er|y — «STAY shuh NEHR ee», noun, adjective. –n. writing materials, such as paper, cards, and envelopes. –adj. of or having to do with stationery. Usage See stationary for usage note. (Cf. ↑stationary) … Useful english dictionary
sta|tion|er — «STAY shuh nuhr», noun. 1. a person who sells paper, pens, pencils, and other writing materials, and now, often, newspapers, magazines, some books, tobacco, and trinkets. 2. a) a bookseller, especially one dealing primarily in books published by… … Useful english dictionary
sta|tion-to-sta|tion — «STAY shuhn tuh STAY shuhn», adjective. designating a long distance telephone call in which the person calling will speak to anyone who answers at the number called … Useful english dictionary
sta´tion|ar´i|ness — sta|tion|ar|y «STAY shuh NEHR ee», adjective. 1. a) having a fixed station or place; not movable: »A factory engine is stationary. SYNONYM(S): immovable. b) residing or established in one place; not itinerant or migratory: »I deemed it advisable… … Useful english dictionary
sta|tion|mas|ter — «STAY shuhn MAS tuhr, MAHS », noun. the person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by… … Useful english dictionary
aer|o|sta|tion — «AIR uh STAY shuhn», noun. U.S. 1. the art or science of operating lighter than air aircraft. 2. Obsolete. aerostatics … Useful english dictionary
ge|o|sta|tion|ar|y — «JEE oh STAY shuh NEHR ee», adjective. orbiting over a fixed position above the equator and therefore at the same rate as the earth moves: »The geostationary, or synchronous satellite s speed is…approximately 6,850 miles per hour (Saturday… … Useful english dictionary

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