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  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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