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movableness

movableness

7.7
The ability of something to be picked up and placed somewhere else
  • noun
  • /ˈmoʊvəblnəs/
translation icon : movilidad
  • The movableness of the furniture makes it easy to rearrange the room.

Examples

  • The movableness of the furniture makes cleaning the room much easier.

  • Her design emphasizes the movableness of every component for flexible use.

  • Engineers considered the movableness of the structure during the design phase.

  • In this design, the movableness of the elements is crucial.

  • The movableness of the furniture makes cleaning the room much easier.

  • Her design emphasizes the movableness of every component for flexible use.

  • Engineers considered the movableness of the structure during the design phase.

Synonyms

mobility
vsmovableness
92 3.4

Being able to move or change position easily

includes being moved or rearranged, not only active free motion
movability
vsmovableness
5.7

How easy it is to pick up or put in a different place

is identical in meaning but differs only in form or spelling
transposability
vsmovableness
9.8

Ability to put parts in a different order, like notes or list items

is broader, covering general moving or rearranging beyond order changes
transportability
vsmovableness
5.4

How easily you can move something from one place to another

covers moving or rearranging in place as well as transport

Antonyms

A state in which something does not move or change

Being impossible to move or change

7.8

Being firmly held in place so it does not move or change

How Movable

portability
8 3.7
mobility
92 3.4
movableness
7.7
fixedness
7.8
immobility
4 6.3

Surface Forms

movableness singular
movablenesses plural

Morphology

movableness = movable (transparent) = move + able + ness

A straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'movable' with '-ness'; the meaning follows standard English derivation rules.

Etymology

Movableness starts with the common verb move (which means 'to move') and adds the parts -able and -ness. So movableness means the quality of being 'able to be moved', which is why we use it for things you can move or rearrange easily.