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[Fr. mobilité, from Lat. mobil itatem, acc us. of mobilitas, from mobilis =mobile (q. v.); Ital. mobilità; Sp. mobilidad.] 1. Capability of being moved; susceptibility of motion. (In Bot. sometimes used for the susceptibility of motion po e ed by sensitive plants.) "That extreme mobility which belongs only to the fluid state."-Herschel: Astronomy , §386. 2. Aptitude for motion; readine to move or change; as, mobility of features. *3. Activity, fleetne . *4. Ficklene , changeability, inconstancy. *5. The mob, the populace. (A use suggested by nobility.) "She singled you out with her eye, as commander-in chief of the mobility ." -Dryden: Don Sebastian , iv. 1. mob-i-li-zā-tion, s. [French mobilisation, from mobiliser to mobilize (q. v.).] Mil.: The act of mobilizing; the state of being mobilized; the calling of troops into active service; the placing of an army on a war-footing or readine for active service. It includes the calling out of the reserve and men on furlough, the organizing of the artillery, medical, commi ariat, and transport services, the accumulation of provisions, munitions, .