mobility

English

Etymology

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/
(General American) IPA^(key): /moʊˈbɪlɪti/

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.
(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.]

Derived terms

terms derived from mobility (noun)

automobility
mobility scooter
personal transportation mobility

social mobility
sustainable mobililty
urban mobility

Related terms

terms related to mobility (noun)

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/emote' title='emote'>emote</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/emoter' title='emoter'>emoter</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/mobility' title='mobility'>mobility</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/mobilization' title='mobilization'>mobilization</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/mobilize' title='mobilize'>mobilize</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/motility' title='motility'>motility</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/remoteness' title='remoteness'>remoteness</a>

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unmovable' title='unmovable'>unmovable</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unmoveable' title='unmoveable'>unmoveable</a>

Translations

ability to move

Asturian: movilidá f
Catalan: mobilitat (ca) f
Czech: pohyblivost f, mobilita f
Finnish: liikkuvuus (fi)
French: mobilité (fr) f
Galician: mobilidade (gl) f
Georgian: მოძრაობა (ka) (moʒraoba), მობილობა (mobiloba)
German: Mobilität (de) f
Greek: κινητικότητα (el) f (kinitikótita)
Interlingua: mobilitate
Irish: luaineacht f

Italian: mobilità (it) f
Japanese: 可動 (kadō), 動きやすさ (ugokiyasusa)
Latin: mōbilitās f
Latvian: mobilitāte f, kustīgums m
Macedonian: подвижност f (pódvižnost)
Portuguese: mobilidade (pt) f
Russian: подви́жность (ru) f (podvížnostʹ), моби́льность (ru) f (mobílʹnostʹ)
Spanish: movilidad (es) f
Swedish: rörlighet (sv) c
Turkish: devingenlik (tr), hareketlilik (tr)

ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position

Finnish: liikkuvuus (fi)

Japanese: 機動 (ja) (kidō)

ease of movement between social levels

Finnish: liikkuvuus (fi)

Japanese: 流動性 (ryūdōsei)