immovability
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im·mov·a·ble
(ĭ-mo͞o′və-bəl)adj.
1.
a. Impossible to move.
b. Incapable of movement.
2. Impossible to alter: immovable plans.
3. Unyielding in principle, purpose, or adherence; steadfast.
4. Incapable of being moved emotionally.
5. Law Of or relating to things, such as trees and buildings, attached to real property: immovable property.
n.
1. One that cannot move or be moved.
2. often immovables Law Things that are attached to real property.
im·mov′a·bil′i·ty, im·mov′a·ble·ness n.
im·mov′a·bly adv.
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| Noun | 1. | immovability - not capable of being moved or rearranged immobility - the quality of not moving fixity, fastness, fixedness, secureness, fixture - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment steadiness, firmness - the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place movability, movableness - the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged |
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