movabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌmuːvəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌmuvəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Forms: late Middle English moevablete, late Middle English movabylyte, 1800s– movability, 1800s– moveability.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: movable adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < movable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. With sense 1 compare Old French movableté (mid 13th cent.). With sense 2 compare French movibilité (1748).

†1. Liability to change, instability; mutability. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. vi. 126 They surmounten the ordre of destynal moevablete [L. mobilitatis].

c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 144 We..be now, by þe synnys of Adam, fal in-to a temporale dethe of þe body, to whiche we go a gret passe fro day to day, fro tyme to oþer, and we may not with-stond to þis movabylyte.

2. The quality or condition of being movable; mobility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > [noun] > ability to move or be moved

movablenessa1398

mobility?a1425

motility1822

movability1824

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) §926 Primitive surfaces affect vegetables mechanically according to their different degrees of moveability or tenacity.

1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 295 The eye had resumed its moveability on the inside but not on the outside.

1894 Thinker Mag. 5 153 Without beginning, without any movability of change, and without end.

1947 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 134 123 Its [sc. arthropodin's] presence is responsible for the free movability of limbs.

1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 23 July 61 The protective clothing also restricts the visibility of flight crew personnel because it limits some movability.

1996 VTV Aug. 105/4 Three-way speaker on castors for moveability.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	movability
释义	movabilityn. Brit. /ˌmuːvəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmuvəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Forms: late Middle English moevablete, late Middle English movabylyte, 1800s– movability, 1800s– moveability. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: movable adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < movable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. With sense 1 compare Old French movableté (mid 13th cent.). With sense 2 compare French movibilité (1748). †1. Liability to change, instability; mutability. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. vi. 126 They surmounten the ordre of destynal moevablete [L. mobilitatis]. c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 144 We..be now, by þe synnys of Adam, fal in-to a temporale dethe of þe body, to whiche we go a gret passe fro day to day, fro tyme to oþer, and we may not with-stond to þis movabylyte. 2. The quality or condition of being movable; mobility. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > ability to move or be moved movablenessa1398 mobility?a1425 motility1822 movability1824 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) §926 Primitive surfaces affect vegetables mechanically according to their different degrees of moveability or tenacity. 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 295 The eye had resumed its moveability on the inside but not on the outside. 1894 Thinker Mag. 5 153 Without beginning, without any movability of change, and without end. 1947 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 134 123 Its [sc. arthropodin's] presence is responsible for the free movability of limbs. 1979 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 23 July 61 The protective clothing also restricts the visibility of flight crew personnel because it limits some movability. 1996 VTV Aug. 105/4 Three-way speaker on castors for moveability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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