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mobility Definition


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mobile
adj
    1. Able to be moved easily; not fixed.
      Thesaurus: active, agile, ambulatory; movable, roaming, roving, itinerant; Antonym: fixed, stationary.
    2. Set up inside a vehicle travelling from place to place.
      Example: mobile shop
      Example: mobile library
    3. Said of a face: that frequently changes expression.
    4. Moving, or able to move, from one social class to another.
      Example: upwardly mobile
    5. colloq
      Provided with transport and able to travel.
    6. Able, or willing, to move house or change jobs.
noun
    1. A hanging decoration or sculpture, etc made up of parts that are moved around by air currents.
    2. colloq
      A mobile phone, shop, etc.
    3. A vehicle specially designed for transporting a specific object, VIP, etc in.
      Example: the Popemobile
Derivative: mobility
    The ability to move.
    A tendency to move.
    Freedom or ease of movement.
Etymology: 15c: French, from Latin mobilis, from movere to move.



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