mobility

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The ability to move; capacity for movement.

   I find the enduring existence of high heels both a frustrating mystery and a testament to the triumph of women’s neuroses over their mobility.

2. 2
   noun

   The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations.

   The difficulty of rising up the economic ladder is reflected in the decline in mobility in the United States. […] The frustration over the lack of mobility is particularly acute for those without college degrees.

3. 3
   noun

   The mob; the common people or rabble.

   She singled you out with her eye as commander-in-chief of the mobility.

4. 4
   noun

   the quality of moving freely

5. 5
   noun

   A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.

6. 6
   noun

   The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.

7. 7
   noun

   The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.

Etymology

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).