Definitions for immobility
im·mo·bil·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stationariness, immobility, fixednessnoun

   remaining in place

2. immobilitynoun

   the quality of not moving

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. immobilitynoun

   the quality of not moving

2. immobilitynoun

   the state or condition of being unable to change one's location, move or be moved

   Immobility is a big problem for many people who can't afford a car.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Immobilitynoun

   Unmoveableness; want of motion; resistance to motion.

   Etymology: immobilité, French, from immobilis, Latin.

   The course of fluids through the vascular solids must in time harden the fibres, and abolish many of the canals; from whence driness, weakness, immobility, and debility of the vital force. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

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1. immobility

   Immobility refers to the state or condition of being unable to move or being motionless. This can be due to various factors such as physical disability, illness, confinement, or because of environmental or social restraints. It can apply to people, animals, or objects.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Immobilitynoun

   the condition or quality of being immobile; fixedness in place or state

2. Etymology: [L. immobilitas, fr. immobilis immovable; pref. im- not + mobilis movable: cf. F. immobilit. See Mobile.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Immobility

   im-mo-bil′i-ti, n. the character of being immovable.—adj. Immob′ile.

Matched Categories

1. • Motionlessness
   • Quality

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How to pronounce immobility?

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How to say immobility in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of immobility in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of immobility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of immobility in a Sentence

1. Yann Martel, Life of Pi:

   To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

2. Maria Montessori:

   The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility, and evil with activity.

3. Hiroyasu Iso:

   We were surprised about the strength of the effect of television watching compared with the effects of advancing age, history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, or body mass index in this study, we speculated that leg immobility during television watching had increased their risk of fatal pulmonary embolism.

4. Maria Montessori:

   The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.

5. Ryszard Kapuściński:

   In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by relentless labor; instead you survive by expending as little energy as possible, by striving constantly to achieve a state of immobility.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=immobility
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Immobility
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=immobility
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immobility
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=immobility
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=immobility