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Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, [2] [3] can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile.
The movable do system is a fundamental element of the Kodály method used primarily in Hungary, but with a dedicated following worldwide. In the movable do system, each solfège syllable corresponds not to a pitch, but to a scale degree: The first degree of a major scale is always sung as "do", the second as "re", etc. (For minor keys, see below.)
A catafalque is a raised bier, box, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of a dead person during a Christian funeral or memorial service. [1] Following a Roman Catholic Requiem Mass , a catafalque may be used to stand in place of the body at the absolution of the dead or used during Masses of ...
Movable property on land (larger livestock, for example) was not automatically sold with the land, it was "personal" to the owner and moved with the owner. The word cattle is the Old Norman variant of Old French chatel , chattel, and today cheptel (derived from Latin capitalis , "of the head"), which was once synonymous with general movable ...
A single movable pulley is supported by two parts of the same rope and has a mechanical advantage of two. Compound: A combination of fixed and movable pulleys forms a block and tackle . A block and tackle can have several pulleys mounted on the fixed and moving axles, further increasing the mechanical advantage.
A wall can be fixed (e.g. a constant volume reactor) or moveable (e.g. a piston). For example, in a reciprocating engine, a fixed wall means the piston is locked at its position; then, a constant volume process may occur. In that same engine, a piston may be unlocked and allowed to move in and out.
The English usage, referring specifically to household objects, is specific to that language; [5] French and other Romance languages as well as German use variants of the word meubles, which derives from Latin mobilia, meaning "moveable goods". [6]
Movable type on a composing stick on a type case A specimen sheet issued by William Caslon, letter founder, from the 1728 edition of Cyclopaedia Diagram of a cast metal sort Typesetting is the composition of text for publication, display, or distribution by means of arranging physical type (or sort ) in mechanical systems or glyphs in digital ...