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English Dictionary: mobile	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for mobile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobile adj migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" Synonym(s): mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" Antonym(s): immobile having transportation available capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; "a highly mobile face" affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile" Synonym(s): fluid, mobile n a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay Synonym(s): Mobile, Mobile River a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents Antonym(s): stabile
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. [bd]Fixed or else mobile.[b8] --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.] [bd]The unthinking mobile.[b8] --South.
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