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Motivity

The power of moving or producing motion.

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Broader term 1

Mobility 76% connected

The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.

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Motive 74% connected

That which moves; a mover.

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Motive 74% connected

That which moves; a mover.

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Locomotion 92% connected

The act of moving from place to place.

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Disparity noun · 86% connection

inequality or difference in some respect

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Fertility noun · 86% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Inequality noun · 86% connection

lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Looseness noun · 86% connection

movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"

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Motility noun · 86% connection

ability to move spontaneously and independently

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Movability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged

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Movableness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being movable; capable of being moved or rearranged

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Nonequivalence noun · 86% connection

not interchangeable

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Play noun · 86% connection

movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"

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Portability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being light enough to be carried

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Prolificacy noun · 86% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 86% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 86% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Unevenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being unbalanced

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Weatherliness noun · 86% connection

(of a sailing vessel) the quality of being able to sail close to the wind with little drift to the leeward (even in a stiff wind); "th…

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: power, moving, producing, motion.
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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

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Agility noun · 78% connection

The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength…

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Backing noun · 78% connection

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

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Backlash noun · 78% connection

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected pa…

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Capstan noun · 78% connection

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: power, moving, producing, motion.
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Circulation noun · 78% connection

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

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Coriolis effect noun · 78% connection

(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…

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Crank noun · 78% connection

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received…

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Current adjective · 78% connection

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest p…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: power, moving, producing, motion.
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Dynamics noun · 78% connection

That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their mot…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: power, moving, producing, motion.
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Dynamo-electric adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents b…

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Electro-motive adjective · 78% connection

Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects.

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