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mobility

/moʊˈbɪlɪti/

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What does mobility mean?

noun

  1. The ability to move; capacity for movement.
  2. (literary) A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.
  3. The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.
  2. The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations.
  3. (humorous, obsolete, slang) The mob; the common people or rabble.

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IPA pronunciation

/moʊˈbɪlɪti/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/moʊˈbɪləti/
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Just as "Colonel Colt" made all men equal in a fight, the horse made all men equal in swiftness and mobility.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
This mobility of crowds renders them very difficult to govern, especially when a measure of public authority has fallen into their hands.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
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Increased mobility of the members has also added to the facility with which a "social confirmation" can be attained within the class.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
The above valuation, however, holds good only on the comparatively vacant board, where the pieces can make full use of their mobility.
Edward LaskerChess and Checkers : the Way to MastershipProject Gutenberg ebook #4913
In sleep there come to the surface buried genealogical facts, ancestral curves, dead men’s traits, which the mobility of daytime animation screens and overwhelms.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143