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vertical mobility

noun

Sociology.
  1. movement from one social level to a higher one upward mobility or a lower one downward mobility, as by changing jobs or marrying.
  2. cultural diffusion from one social level to another, as the adoption by one economic class of the fashions current or formerly current in a higher class.


vertical mobility

noun

  1. sociol the movement of individuals or groups to positions in society that involve a change in class, status, and power Compare horizontal mobility See also upward mobility downward mobility
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“Beyond autonomous driving the concept of vertical mobility could be a next step to take our mobility approach into the future, especially in the technically affine Chinese market,†the German group said in a statement.

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This vertical mobility allows us to reimagine and reconfigure urban spaces.

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Similarly, underground train stations that serve millions of commuters daily are designed to both promote and impede vertical mobility, seeking to prevent overcrowding at stations during peak hours, while enabling efficient evacuation during emergencies.

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And also they learned from Halo that vertical mobility can make for a lot of fun in shooter, and they made movement in general a top priority that made gameplay fun and unique.

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It is the extensive “exploitation†of machinery seemingly, together with the speed of work, which keep wages high, combined with the horizontal and vertical mobility of American labour, which prevents it from accumulating in pools, and causes streams of the best hands to be flowing continuously to other callings and places, and no insignificant proportion to climb the social ladder.

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