movability
və adjective
1.
capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
2.
Law.
a.
not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.
b.
personal, as distinguished from real.
3.
changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.
4.
(of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.
noun
5.
an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.
6.
Often, movables. Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.
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movable or moveable (ˈmuːvəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed |
| 2. | (esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year |
| 3. | (
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| 4. | printing (of type) cast singly so that each character is on a separate piece of type suitable for composition by hand, as founder's type |
| —n | |
| 5. | (often plural) a movable article, esp a piece of furniture |
| moveable or moveable | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| mova'bility or moveable | |
| —n | |
| 'movableness or moveable | |
| —n | |
| 'movably or moveable | |
| —adv | |
| movable or moveable (ˈmuːvəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to be moved or rearranged; not fixed |
| 2. | (esp of religious festivals such as Easter) varying in date from year to year |
| 3. | (
|
| 4. | printing (of type) cast singly so that each character is on a separate piece of type suitable for composition by hand, as founder's type |
| —n | |
| 5. | (often plural) a movable article, esp a piece of furniture |
| moveable or moveable | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| mova'bility or moveable | |
| —n | |
| 'movableness or moveable | |
| —n | |
| 'movably or moveable | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
movable
also moveable, late 14c., from O.Fr. movable, from moveir (see move). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year.
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