stationary point

British  

noun

1. a point on a curve at which the tangent is either horizontal or vertical, such as a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection

2. astronomy a point in the apparent path of a planet when it reverses direction

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Example Sentences

Mooring lines connect a vessel to a stationary point on the shore to prevent it from moving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

After a while they reach another stationary point and resume prograde motion again.

From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2021

We now use the divergence theorem to justify the special case of this law in which the electrostatic field is generated by a stationary point charge at the origin.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

In case the worlds are equal in mass, they will both take the same orbit around a central stationary point, midway between the two.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White

In 1888, the Paris Academy of Science awarded to Madame Kovalevskaya a prize of five thousand francs for her work on the rotation of a solid body around a stationary point.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann