Mobile Definition
mōbəl, -bēl, -bīl
adjective
Moving, or capable of moving or being moved, from place to place.
Webster's New World
Movable by means of a motor vehicle or vehicles.
A mobile X-ray unit.
Webster's New World
Very fluid, as mercury.
Webster's New World
Capable of changing rapidly or easily, as in response to different moods, feelings, conditions, needs, or influences; flexible, adaptable, etc.
Webster's New World
Of or having to do with wireless communications services, devices, etc., esp. cell phones.
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noun
A type of sculpture consisting of carefully equilibrated parts that move, especially in response to air currents.
American Heritage
A piece of abstract sculpture which aims to depict movement, i.e., kinetic rather than static rhythms, as by an arrangement of thin forms, rings, rods, etc. balanced and suspended in midair and set in motion by air currents.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A mobile phone.
American Heritage
A sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other .
Wiktionary
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- Mobile River
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pronoun
A city in southwest Alabama.
Wiktionary
affix
Motorized vehicle designed for a (specified) purpose.
Bookmobile, snowmobile.
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Other Word Forms of Mobile
Noun
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mobilesOrigin of Mobile
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Middle English from Old French from Latin mōbilis from movibilis from movēre to move meuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable"), from moveō (“move").
From Wiktionary
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