- Mobile
- 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.
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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. [1913 Webster]
3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. --Testament of Love. [1913 Webster]
The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features. [1913 Webster]
5. (Physiol.) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement. [1913 Webster]
6. Capable of moving readily, or moving frequenty from place to place; as, a mobile work force. [PJC]
7. Having motor vehicles to permit movement from place to place; as, a mobile library; a mobile hospital. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
