different between mobilization vs mobility

English

Alternative forms

• Commonwealth: mobilisation

Etymology

From French mobilisation or mobilize +? -ation

Noun

mobilization (countable and uncountable, plural mobilizations)

1. The act of mobilizing
2. The marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war.
3. The process by which the armed forces of a nation are brought to a state of readiness for a conflict.
4. (geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place
5. (genetics) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another

Antonyms

• demobilization
• immobilization

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Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin m?bilit?s (“mobility”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?(?)?b?l?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo??b?l?ti/

Noun

mobility (countable and uncountable, plural mobilities)

1. The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.]
   • 2015, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 15 June:

     I find the enduring existence of high heels both a frustrating mystery and a testament to the triumph of women’s neuroses over their mobility.

2. (now chiefly literary) A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness. [from 16th c.]
3. (military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]
4. (chiefly physics) The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement. [from 19th c.]
5. (chiefly sociology) People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations. [from 19th c.]

Antonyms

• immobility

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See also

• congestion