"movability" meaning in English

See movability in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: movabilities [plural]
Etymology: move + -ability Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mew-}}, {{suffix|en|move|ability}} move + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} movability (countable and uncountable, plural movabilities)
  1. The condition of being movable; ability or capacity to be moved. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (condition of being movable): mobilità [feminine] (Italian), mobilność [feminine] (Polish), ruchomość [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-movability-en-noun-PB9Bi5bp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'condition of being movable': 98 2
  2. The ability to move (oneself). Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-movability-en-noun-dZJ-TsAL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 43 57

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