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mobile
I. mo·bile \ˈmōbəl, -ˌbēl also -ˌbīl or -(ˌ)bil sometimes mōˈbē(ə)l\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin mobilis, from (assumed) Latin movibilis, from Latin movēre to move + -ibilis -ible — more at move
1. : capable of moving or being moved from one place to another : movable: as
a. : capable of moving or being moved about readily
< globular proteins that are mobile and rod-shaped proteins that form solid structures >
< the tongue … is clearly the most mobile articulator — G.A.Miller >
specifically : characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity
< ether and mercury are mobile liquids >
— compare viscous
b. : organized and equipped for ready movement (as by truck or air transport)
< mobile fighting forces >
< mobile television units for on-the-spot reporting >
c. : free for use or service anywhere : not restricted or committed
< mobile dollars to be used where they can best advance the welfare of the whole institution — Saturday Review >
< mobile labor … could be sent anywhere in England — Henry Green >
d. : designed as a vehicle or mounted on a vehicle or easily placed on or in a vehicle (as a trailer or truck)
< mobile loudspeakers carrying the campaign speeches into the streets >
< a mobile missile launcher >
< mobile homes >
2. : capable of or tending to change : changeable: as
a. : changing readily in appearance and expression under the influence of mind or feeling
< his mobile face mirrors every feeling from bitter sadness to ecstasy — Eleanor Harris >
b. : easily swayed in feeling, purpose, or direction
< a mind adventurously flexible but not frivolously mobile — Cecil Sprigge >
c. : marked by ready adaptability
< industrial resources so mobile that they could be quickly switched from producing for export to producing for home demand >
: alert and flexible in the use of resources
< a mobile imagination >
< an organization mobile enough to cope with any emergency >
3. : characterized by frequent or continuous movement
< the wind in mobile grasses >
specifically : tending to travel or migrate from place to place
< we began as explorers, empire builders, pilgrims, and refugees, … and we are still today the most mobile people on the face of the earth — G.W.Pierson >
< the Indians of the Great Plains were mobile bison hunters — Clark Wissler >
4.
a. : characterized by the mixing of social groups
< the general confusion in moral standards which characterizes mobile societies — E.R.Mowrer >
: affording opportunity for a shift in social status
< American society, though highly mobile … is not classless — Times Literary Supplement >
b. : having the opportunity for or undergoing a shift in status within the hierarchical social levels of a society
< a society in which women are more mobile than men >
< born of upward mobile middle-class … parents — Newsweek >
5. : marked by the use of vehicles for transportation
< mobile defense >
< mobile warfare >
< took to their cars for a mobile holiday >
6. : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a mobile
II. mo·bile \ˈmōˌbēl sometimes -ˌbīl or -ˌbil or mōˈbē(ə)l; in sense 3 mōˈbē(ə)l or ˈmōˌbēl\ noun
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Etymology: Middle French (premier) mobile primum mobile, part translation of Medieval Latin (primum) mobile, from neuter of Latin mobilis, adjective
1. : something that occasions movement or action — see primum mobile
2.
a. : a movable or moving body or part : one that is mobile
b.
(1) : a delicately balanced construction or sculpture frequently made of wire and sheet metal shapes and having movable parts that can be set in motion by air currents or mechanical propulsion — compare stabile
(2) : a set of lightweight figures (as of animals or story characters) that are suspended on fine wire or string so that they hang in perfect balance and may be moved by a current of air
3. [by shortening] : automobile
III. mob·i·le \ˈmäbə(ˌ)lē\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin mobile (vulgus) changeable crowd, the movable common people, neuter of mobilis, adjective
: mob III 1
IV. mo·bile \(ˈ)mō|bē(ə)l\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Mobile, Ala.
: of or from the city of Mobile, Ala.
< Mobile gardens >
: of the kind or style prevalent in Mobile |