Stationary vs Riveted - What's the difference?
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Not moving.
incapable of being moved
unchanging
One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
(rivet)
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
(figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
(obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
to install rivets
to command the attention of.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
As an adjective stationary
is not moving.As a noun stationary
is one who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.As a verb riveted is
past tense of rivet.stationary
English
Adjective
(wikipedia stationary) (en adjective)- For a few moments, the train remained stationary , before lurching forward along the track.
Synonyms
* (not moving) fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving * (incapable of being moved) immobile, unmoveable * (unchanging) changeless, constant, immutable, unchangingAntonyms
* (not moving) in motion, moving, on the move * (incapable of being moved) mobile, moveable * (unchanging) changing, mutable, variableNoun
(stationaries)- (Holland)
See also
* stationary pointriveted
English
Verb
(head)rivet
English
(wikipedia rivet)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rivet counter * pop rivetVerb
- The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.