mo·bil·i·ty

[moh-bil-i-tee]
noun
1.
the quality of being mobile.
2.
Sociology. the movement of people in a population, as from place to place, from job to job, or from one social class or level to another.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English mobilite < Latin mōbilitās. See mobile, -ity

Related forms
in·ter·mo·bil·i·ty, noun
non·mo·bil·i·ty, noun
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mobility (məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  the ability to move physically: a knee operation has restricted his mobility; mobility is part of physical education
2.  sociol vertical mobility See also horizontal mobility (of individuals or social groups) movement within or between classes and occupations
3.  time that a resident of a secure unit is allowed to spend outside the unit, as preparation for an eventual return to society

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Word Origin & History

mobility
late 15c., from Fr. mobilité, from L. mobilitas, from mobilis (see mobile). Socio-economics sense is from 1900 and writers in sociology.
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Example sentences
Historically, it specialized in teaching students who were confined to wheelchairs or with other mobility problems.
Nor was any consideration given to mobility or the proportion of students with disabilities or language problems.
It doesn't address mobility of the population, moving to where the jobs are available.
Once the structure had a motor that could make it spin, the needle turned into a propeller, and microbes had new mobility.
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