Dictionary

movability en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English movability From move + -ability.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being movable; ability or capacity to be moved.
2. (countable, uncountable) The ability to move (oneself).
   • Helping him through months of physiotherapy, trying to help him regain his memory as well as his movability. […] 2012, Maryann Phillips, Sticks and Stones, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 466:
   • His progressive improvement will be best indicated by noting briefly the increase in his movability. When admitted, 15th April, he could barely put his hands to his mouth; 17th, was able to turn on his back; 20th, could partly raise himself […] 1875 July to December, The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume LX, page 501

Forms

Translations (3)

it mobilità (condition of being movable) · pl mobilność (condition of being movable) · pl ruchomość (condition of being movable)