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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. [1913 Webster] 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] |
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