4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mobile \Mo"bile\, a. [L. mobilis for movibilis fr movere to
move: cf F. mobile. See {Move}.]
1. Capable of being moved not fixed in place or condition;
movable. ``Fixed or else mobile.'' --Skelton.
2. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or
flowing with great freedom; as benzine and mercury are
mobile liquids; -- opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.
3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable;
changeable; fickle. --Testament of Love.
The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition.
--Hawthorne.
4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence
of the mind; as mobile features.
5. (Physiol.) Capable of being moved aroused, or excited;
capable of spontaneous movement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mobile \Mo"bile\, n. [L. mobile vulgus See {Mobile}, a., and
cf 3d {Mob}.]
The mob; the populace. [Obs.] ``The unthinking mobile.''
--South.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mobile
adj 1: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society";
"the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the
profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy
future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: {nomadic}, {peregrine},
{roving}, {wandering}]
2: moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place
to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the
most mobile articulator" [ant: {immobile}]
3: having transportation available
4: capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to
another; "a highly mobile face"
5: affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is
not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: {fluid}]
n 1: a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay [syn:
{Mobile}, {Mobile River}]
2: a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay [syn: {Mobile}]
3: a sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced
parts can be set in motion by air currents [ant: {stabile}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Mobile, AL (city, FIPS 50000)
Location: 30.67745 N, 88.08896 W
Population (1990): 196278 (82817 housing units)
Area: 305.7 sq km (land), 100.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 36602, 36603, 36604, 36605, 36606, 36607, 36608, 36609, 36612, 36617, 36618, 36619, 36693, 36695
Mobile, AZ
Zip code(s): 85239
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