IMMOBILITY

immobility

(noun) the quality of not moving

stationariness, immobility, fixedness

(noun) remaining in place

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

immobility (countable and uncountable, plural immobilities)

The quality of not moving.

The state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved.

Antonyms

• mobility

Source: Wiktionary


Im`mo*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref. im- not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilité. See Mobile.]

Definition: The condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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