Crossword clues for mobility
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mobility \Mo*bil"i*ty\ (m[-o]*b[i^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. mobilitas: cf. F. mobilit['e].]
The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.
--Sir T. Browne.The mob; the lower classes. [Humorous]
--Dryden.
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.)). Socio-economics sense is from 1900 and writers in sociology.
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 to a new position. (from 18th c.) 4 (cx chiefly physics English) The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement. (from 19th c.) 5 (cx chiefly sociology English) People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations. (from 19th c.)
WordNet
n. the quality of moving freely [ant: immobility]
Wikipedia
Mobility is a computer game developed by Glamus as an initiative of DaimlerChrysler, with scientific data done by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. It is similar to SimCity, in that the game involves successfully developing a town into a larger metropolis; however, the focus is more on the ability of the citizens to use transportation to get around the area (hence the name).
Very fine control of traffic flow is given to the player — details all the way down to speed limits and right-of-way at intersections are options that can be selected in-game. Due to Mobility's focus on getting around, most of the structures that can be built are dedicated to transportation, such as bus stops, parking decks, and train stations, although there are other basic gameplay items such as zones.
The current version is 3.0, released 16 April 2010. It runs on both Microsoft Windows and Linux, which is still limited to version 2.0. It is released as shareware, available on the Mobility Web site. Registration is $14.95.
Mobility may refer to:
"Mobility" is a song and debut single by American electronica musician Moby, released in 1990. It failed to chart. Tracks from the single were also included in the compilations Instinct Dance (1991) and Early Underground (1993).
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 lower mobility.
Mobility is regarded as a vital component of the modern battlefield, as the ability to deliver weapon systems or combat units to their objective quickly can often mean the difference between victory and defeat. Armies around the world have massively increased their mobility over the last one hundred years. In World War I, for example, most combat units could only move on the battlefield as fast as a soldier could walk, resulting in stalemate and an inability to outmaneuver the enemy. By World War II, battlefield mobility had greatly improved with the development of the tank, and with tracked and other mechanized vehicles to move forces to and from the battlefront.
Since the end of World War II, armies have continued to develop their mobility. By the 1980s, for example, intercontinental travel shifted from sea to air transport, enabling military forces to move from one part of the world to another within hours or days instead of weeks. Mobility has also been referred to as a combat multiplier. A highly mobile unit can use its mobility to engage multiples of its own combat strength of less mobile units i.e.; German panzer divisions in World War II were considered the equivalent of two or three infantry divisions partly due to their superior mobility and partly due to inherently greater firepower.
Mobility has also been defined in terms of three generally recognized levels of warfare: tactical, operational, and strategic. Tactical mobility is usually defined as the ability to move under fire. Operational mobility is usually defined as the ability to move men and materiel to the decisive point of battle. Strategic mobility is the ability to move an army to the area of operations.
In World War I, most armies lacked tactical mobility but enjoyed good strategic mobility through the use of railroads thus leading to a situation where armies could be deployed to the front with ease and rapidity, but once they reached the front became bogged down by their inability to move under fire.
Category:Military terminology Category:Military transport Category:Military vehicles
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.