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Webster 1913 Edition
Mobility
Mo-bil′i-ty
(mō̍-bĭl′ĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
[L.
mobilitas
: cf. F. mobilité
.] 1.
The quality or state of being mobile;
as, the
. mobility
of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscleSir T. Browne.
2.
The mob; the lower classes.
[Humorous]
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mobility
MOBIL'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Susceptibility of motion; capacity of being moved.2.
Aptitude to motion; activity; readiness to move.3.
In cant language, the populace.4.
Fickleness; inconstancy.Definition 2024
mobility
mobility
English
Noun
mobility (countable and uncountable, plural mobilities)
- The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.]
- 2015, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 15 June:
- I find the enduring existence of high heels both a frustrating mystery and a testament to the triumph of women’s neuroses over their mobility.
- 2015, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 15 June:
- (now chiefly literary) A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness. [from 16th c.]
- (military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]
- (chiefly physics) The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement. [from 19th c.]
- (chiefly sociology) People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations. [from 19th c.]
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Translations
ability to move
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ease of movement between social levels