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[moh-bil-i-tee]

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noun

the quality of being mobile.

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.

Compare horizontal mobility, vertical mobility.

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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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Easy consumer credit and a belief in social mobility have reduced the clamor for redistribution.

Higher education must embrace globalization and academic mobility or risk being swept away in the coming decade, according to.

Capital mobility combined with weak financial systems has clearly caused big problems.

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Easy consumer credit and a belief in social mobility have reduced the clamor for redistribution.

Higher education must embrace globalization and academic mobility or risk being swept away in the coming decade, according to.

Capital mobility combined with weak financial systems has clearly caused big problems.

The success boosts hopes for mind-controlled robotic prosthetics that may help disabled humans achieve some mobility.

Twenty percent of players damaged their knees' anterior cruciate ligament, which can lead to permanent mobility problems.

Limited accessibility for mobility impaired guests.

And tall pots make it easier for gardeners with limited mobility to tend crops without kneeling or squatting.

Patients who suffer from disease or injury that leave them unable to move have little hope of independent mobility.

But true social mobility and broadly shared prosperity are not so easily achieved.

Also, international mobility is an important aspect of the program.

But black upward mobility consists largely of people from poor families moving up.

Rincon plans to determine the diet and mobility of these animals to reconstruct their communities.

Heavy scarring on the limbs could cause limit his mobility.

Sometimes, getting there can mean trading protection for mobility.

The solution lies in greater mobility for migrants and a new emphasis.

Historically, it specialized in teaching students who were confined to wheelchairs or with other mobility problems.

The knowledge society is the first human society where upward mobility is potentially unlimited.

More equipment may not help the photo, but it will hinder your mobility and your work.

However, the almost complete dependence of this mobility on fossil fuels is the major flaw to this mobility.

Multi-sized canister adapters means you can hook up a small propane tank for extra mobility.

In this country, there are also millions of people facing the psychological and social pressures of downward mobility.

Prospects for upward social mobility and meaningful political reform were nonexistent.

China has gradually relaxed restrictions on mobility to meet demand for unskilled labour in the cities.

Once the structure had a motor that could make it spin, the needle turned into a propeller, and microbes had new mobility.

Scientists have forged a promising avenue in the quest to restore mobility to patients paralyzed by disease or injury.

The higher the link margin, the more freedom of mobility a user has.

With the loss of mobility that so often results, serious illness and death can.

It doesn't address mobility of the population, moving to where the jobs are available.

We need one of these reforms to promote social mobility and educational attainment.

Given human mobility and the potential evolution of monkeypox to more virulent and transmissible.

And the mobility of people reveals true communities.

Air mobility permits leaner ground-based operations, improving force protection during transport.

Selective colleges serve less as vehicles of upward mobility than as transmitters of privilege from generation to generation.

Because student mobility was quite limited, standards governing the transfer of credits were unnecessary.

Viewed from this perspective, the right way to combat inequality and increase mobility is clear.

Trained service dogs with this ability provide people who suffer from seizure disorders greater mobility and security.

Full gravity involves full mobility in relation to, and in conjunction with, distance in/of space.

Several programs try to improve social mobility for minority students by helping them attend elite schools.

Moreover, there are important moral reasons to want to promote socioeconomic diversity and mobility independent of race.

Increased mobility and the ubiquitousness of television and radio have done surprisingly.

Animals with no armor and limited mobility rely on poison for defense.

Man's mobility has introduced species that otherwise wouldn't have mixed.

Confusion and concern about basic safety issues for disabled drivers is a continuous challenge for the mobility industry.

Financial problems or family commitments may limit your mobility.

Britain has good reasons to seek a fresh debate on poverty and social mobility.

By that time, his neck had been realigned and he had already regained some mobility in his legs and ankles.

Downward mobility is an ever-shortening fuse leading to profound consequences.

Even though global mobility in education has rendered such an approach obsolete, national regulations have not kept pace.

Another, more radical step would be to question the notion of personal mobility itself.

It is clear that cooperation on funding of projects and mobility of researchers is win-win for both sides, he explains.

Nor was any consideration given to mobility or the proportion of students with disabilities or language problems.

Most of the above defines internationalization purely in terms of student mobility.

It can boost social mobility and allow all sorts of weird and wonderful talents to bloom.

Because of this bacteria are almost exclusively single-celled organisms, with their own autonomy and often mobility.

Our forthcoming book suggests a coming mobility gap.

The increased mobility of articles also increases their potential influence in the conversations you want to enter.

In specialized mechanical weighted suits work and mobility would become more efficient.

Don't be cowed by people with desk jobs who resent your mobility.

Specifically, methods of replacing physical mobility with cognitive mobility, such as telecommuting still hold great promise.

So it is not problem of climate change but higher comparative mobility of men.

Humans build bird-chopping wind turbines and dams that thwart fish mobility.

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World English Dictionary

mobility (məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ)

—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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