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Definition of Movable

Movable

  1. 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. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.
  3. 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.
  4. Property not attached to the soil.

Movable Quotations

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin Franklin

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
H. L. Mencken

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions.
Dean Kamen

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.
Gene Fowler
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Movable Translations

movable in German is beweglich
movable in Spanish is movible

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