mobility

n. the ability to move your body or parts of your body freely and easily.

n. the capacity for physical movement, particularly the range of motion in joints or the ability of an individual to walk and travel independently.

“The athlete did daily exercises to improve the mobility in her hips.”

“After the surgery, the patient worked closely with a physiotherapist to regain full mobility in his right leg before returning to work.”

n. the ability for people to move to a higher or lower social or professional level.

n. the movement of individuals, families, or groups through a system of social hierarchy or stratification.

“Education is often seen as the best way to achieve upward social mobility.”

“The report suggests that social mobility has stalled in the region, as children from low-income families struggle to access high-paying professional careers.”

Academic

n. the ability of a military group to move quickly to a new position.

n. the quality of a military force that permits it to move from place to place while retaining its primary mission capabilities.

“The army used light vehicles to ensure high mobility in the desert.”

“Modern warfare relies heavily on air mobility to deploy troops rapidly to remote locations where ground transport is impossible.”

Technical

n. the speed or ease with which particles move through a liquid or gas.

n. the ability of charged particles or molecules to move through a medium, often in response to an electric field.

“The mobility of the ions increased as the temperature of the liquid rose.”

“Researchers measured the electron mobility within the new semiconductor material to determine its efficiency for high-speed computing.”

Technical

n. a funny or old-fashioned way to talk about a large crowd of ordinary people.

n. a humorous or derogatory term for the common people or a rabble, formed as a play on the word 'nobility'.

“The speaker was worried about how the mobility in the streets would react to the news.”

“In the satirical pamphlet, the author mocks the 'mobility' for their fickle nature and lack of political sophistication.”

Archaic · Humorous · British English · Slang