mobility

[ moh-bil-i-tee ]

/ moʊˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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.

Origin of mobility

1375–1425; late Middle English mobilite < Latin mōbilitās. See mobile, -ity

in·ter·mo·bil·i·ty, noun non·mo·bil·i·ty, noun

The other narrative is of mobility in the service of ambition.

Will Texas Stay Texan? |David Fontana |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With the help of mobility aids and a feeding tube, she lived well past her initial prognosis of death by age 4.

U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life |Elizabeth Picciuto |November 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The focus on cost and mobility has extended into missions such as ground-based air defense.

Why Old-School Airships Now Rule Our Warzones |Bill Sweetman |June 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Individuals who have lost the ability to stand and walk suffer from many challenges in addition to the loss of mobility.

The Bionic Exoskeleton Helping Paraplegics Walk |Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD |June 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Nothing is a stronger force for opportunity, for equality, for mobility.

Can Higher Education Really Save Our Humanity? |James Poulos |February 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His features had the mobility of Southerners, strangely blending power and subtlety.

The Mesmerist's Victim |Alexandre Dumas
Their mobility and deadly effect have made them of great value.

Manual of Military Training |James A. Moss
The Mobility are the antipodes to the Nobility: the one race of men being at the top of the world, the other at the bottom of it.

Portraits of Children of The Mobility |Percival Leigh
A second feature of the Boer army, and equally as important as the freedom of action of its individuals, was its mobility.

With the Boer Forces |Howard C. Hillegas
Material characteristics embrace armament, life, and mobility.

Sound Military Decision |U.s. Naval War College

mobility

/ (məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ) /

the ability to move physically a knee operation has restricted his mobility; mobility is part of physical education

sociol (of individuals or social groups) movement within or between classes and occupations See also vertical mobility, horizontal mobility

time that a resident of a secure unit is allowed to spend outside the unit, as preparation for an eventual return to society