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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 ME mobilite < L mōbilitās. See mobile, -ity
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mo·bil·i·ty   (mō-bĭl'ĭ-tē)   
n.  
  1. The quality or state of being mobile.

  2. The movement of people, as from one social group, class, or level to another: "There's been . . . restructuring of industry and downward mobility for Americans as a whole" (Lawrence W. Sherman).

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