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The quality of moving freely
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mobility
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of moving freely [ant: immobility ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mobility in military terms refers to the ability of a weapon system , combat unit or armed force to move toward a military objective . Combat forces with a higher mobility are able to move more quickly, and/or across more hostile terrain , than forces with ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The ability to move; capacity for movement. (from 15th c.) 2 (cx now chiefly literary English) A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness. (from 16th c.) 3 (cx military English) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "capacity for motion," from Old French mobilité "changeableness, inconsistency, fickleness," from Latin mobilitatem (nominative mobilitas ) "activity, speed," figuratively "changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy," from mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE downward ▪ The working class is more uniform in origins than ever before because downward mobility has declined. ▪ Short Cuts captures the moment when the postwar economic boom began its decline into downward mobility ...
Usage examples of mobility.
In the kind of universe Herbert sees, where there are no final answers, and no absolute security, adaptability in all its forms-- from engineering improvisation to social mobility to genetic variability--is essential.
He stirred his limbs in the thick, gold liquid, found that he had less mobility than an embryo, that his fingers had turned to fins, that his muscles had atrophied to weak rags, and that this pain was the true medium and placental fluid of the universe.
Tobruk, to place a force in Bardia-Sollum area with as much mobility as possible to protect communications and act against flank or rear of enemy attacking Tobruk, and to build up old plan of defence in Mersa Matruh area.
Using partners and vendors not only allows big pharma to fill in the gaps in its bioinformatics capabilities but also gives it the mobility to adapt new technologies as they come onto the market rather than constantly overhauling its own systems.
Those lucky, I simpler times were bygone with the era of upward mobility, of rising divorce rates and single-parent homes.
Their mobility made them innocuous to the gazer, the opposite of plants which drew their light directly from the earth.
Their mobility makes them innocuous to the gazer, the opposite of plants which draw their light directly from the earth.
Certainly from the standpoint of many around the world, hybridity, mobility, and difference do not immediately appear as liberatory in themselves.
Difference, hybridity, and mobility are not liberatory in themselves, but neither are truth, purity, and stasis.
Mobility and hybridity are not liberatory, but taking control of the production of Mobility and stasis, purities and mixtures is.
After all, what was it but an envelope of nesh to provide mobility for the mind?
The real danger of this Potential visit, thought Sabel as he saw his caller out, was that it was going to limit his mobility.
Even out in naked space, where veteran spinnerets wore cumbersome suits and moved awkwardly along tether lines, Tolly Mune chose mobility and form-fitting skinthins.
The towering talkers had less mobility than any other member of the Associative, which was why none had come along in the first place.
He follows the action of the male and female principles through all the portions and divisions of nature, attributing to the former the origin of stability and identity, to the latter, that of diversity and mobility.