MOBILITY

mobility

(noun) the quality of moving freely

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mobility (countable and uncountable, plural mobilities)

The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.]

(now, chiefly, literary) A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness. [from 16th c.]

(military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]

(chiefly, physics) The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement. [from 19th c.]

(chiefly, sociology) People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations. [from 19th c.]

Antonyms

• immobility

Source: Wiktionary


Mo*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. mobilitas: cf. F. mobilité.]

1. The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle. Sir T. Browne.

2. The mob; the lower classes. [Humorous] Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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