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movability

movability

5.7
How easy it is to pick up or put in a different place
  • noun
  • /ˌmoʊvəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : movilidad
  • The toy's movability ensures that children can play with it in various ways.

Examples

  • In small spaces, the movability of items is important to create a flexible layout.

  • The second mode is the constant fixed position of the main joint with simultaneous maintenance of spring-loaded movability of the additional joint.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The movability of the furniture allows us to rearrange the room whenever we want.

Synonyms

mobility
vsmovability
92 3.4

Being able to move or change position easily

emphasizes general capability to be moved or rearranged rather than ease
movableness
vsmovability
7.7

The ability of something to be picked up and placed somewhere else

has identical meaning but differs only in form or styling
transportability
vsmovability
6.1

How easily something works the same in different places or systems

is about simple ability to be moved or rearranged, not transfer across contexts

Antonyms

immobility
4 6.3

A state of no movement or not being able to move

immovability
7.5

A state in which something does not move or change

How Movable

portability
8 3.7
movability
5.7
fixedness
7.8

Surface Forms

movability singular
movabilities plural

Morphology

movability = movable (transparent) = move + able + ity

Formed from 'movable' + '-ity' (itself built from 'move' + '-able'), so the meaning 'the quality of being movable' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word movability comes from the common verb move ('to move') plus the parts -able ('can be') and -ity ('state or quality'), so it simply means the quality of being able to be moved, like when furniture is movable.