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Definition of Movable
1. Noun. Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc).
Category relationships: Auto, Automobile, Car, Machine, Motorcar, Article Of Furniture, Furniture, Piece Of Furniture
Generic synonyms: Personal Estate, Personal Property, Personalty, Private Property
2. Adjective. (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand).
3. Adjective. Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another.
Similar to: Mobile
Derivative terms: Movability, Movableness, Move, Move
Definition of Movable
1. a. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.
2. n. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.
Definition of Movable
1. Adjective. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. ¹
2. Adjective. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year. ¹
3. Noun. Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Movable
1. something that can be moved [n -S]
Medical Definition of Movable
1. 1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. 2. Property not attached to the soil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Movable
Literary usage of Movable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The feeding cylinder I, mounted upon the movable timbers HH, substantially as
and for the purpose above described. The answer denies infringement, ..."
2. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1897)
"The effective sensitiveness of a galvanometer with a movable coil, depends on
the magnetic field, the movable coil, and the elastic suspension. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Parallel to this is a second movable plate л-the distances between the two ...
The movable plate can be drawn down into a definite sighted position when a ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"First one and then the other conductor is connected with the electrode of the
lower or movable plate, which is moved by the screw until the index attached ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND TREATMENT OF movable KIDNEY. ... CONSPICUOUS among the
maladies of modern times is the curious condition known as movable kidney. ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It consists essentially of a fixed coil and a movable coil, usually suspended
... In one of these (A), the movable coil was suspended within the fixed coil ..."
7. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1901)
"This does .not account for all the cases, as movable kidney is by no means ...
And, lastly, movable kidney is met with in many cases which present that ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The current can be passed into and out of the movable coil by permitting the ...
If a current is passed through the fixed coil and movable coil in series ..."
9. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The feeding cylinder I, mounted upon the movable timbers HH, substantially as
and for the purpose above described. The answer denies infringement, ..."
10. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1897)
"The effective sensitiveness of a galvanometer with a movable coil, depends on
the magnetic field, the movable coil, and the elastic suspension. ..."
11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Parallel to this is a second movable plate л-the distances between the two ...
The movable plate can be drawn down into a definite sighted position when a ..."
12. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"First one and then the other conductor is connected with the electrode of the
lower or movable plate, which is moved by the screw until the index attached ..."
13. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND TREATMENT OF movable KIDNEY. ... CONSPICUOUS among the
maladies of modern times is the curious condition known as movable kidney. ..."
14. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It consists essentially of a fixed coil and a movable coil, usually suspended
... In one of these (A), the movable coil was suspended within the fixed coil ..."
15. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1901)
"This does .not account for all the cases, as movable kidney is by no means ...
And, lastly, movable kidney is met with in many cases which present that ..."
16. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The current can be passed into and out of the movable coil by permitting the ...
If a current is passed through the fixed coil and movable coil in series ..."
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