Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or property of being movable; movableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Movableness.
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- noun The condition of being
movable
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- noun the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is often referred to as the movability of the von Neumann cut between the subject and the object, or some similar phrase.
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An intelligence officer reported, According to the Statistic, Our units of movability men power closing 1.8 bilion, and Windom union double than us, about 4 bilion.
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OK, so what do you think the psalmist "really believed" about the movability or otherwise, that is expressed through this poetry?
Fearfully and Wonderfully Evolved James F. McGrath 2009
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And ten points to DV for hitting the nail on the head about the “movability” of the radiation shutters!
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If, by contrast, impenetrability, extension, and movability are deemed the basic traits of the concept of matter, then how can one know a priori that any object we might encounter in outer sense must behave in accordance with the laws that would govern matter so defined?
Kant's Philosophy of Science Watkins, Eric 2007
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One important advantage of rammed earth technology is that its use in movability wall construction allows for a variety of forms such as round corners.
3. Innovative technologies related to the increased utilization of low-energy building materials 1995
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Because of the movability of the grinding table and the pressure shoe all parts of the surface of the piece of work are reachable.
4. The Operation of a Belt Grinding Machine Johannes Schollbach 1993
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It is this resiliency and movability that make bronchoscopy possible.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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'The advantages of the bookcase consist in its great stability, in its movability and neatness.
The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Arthur Lee Humphreys 1905
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This induced me also to begin to consider the movability of the earth, and, although the theory appeared contrary to reason, I did so because I knew that others before me had been allowed to assume rotary movements at will, in order to explain the phenomena of these celestial bodies.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science 1904
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