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The definition of mobile is someone or something that is moving, able to move or is being moved.

(adjective)

An example of mobile is a cellular phone.
An example of mobile is a person who has access to a car.

See mobile in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. moving, or capable of moving or being moved, from place to place
2. movable by means of a motor vehicle or vehicles: a mobile X-ray unit
very fluid, as mercury
capable of changing rapidly or easily, as in response to different moods, feelings, conditions, needs, or influences; flexible, adaptable, etc.
1. designating or of a society in which one may change in social status, and in which social groups mingle freely
2. designating a person who is experiencing a change in social status: the upwardly mobile professional
Art that is or has to do with a mobile or mobiles

Origin: OFr < L mobilis, movable < movere, to move

noun

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

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mobility noun

seaport in SW Ala., on Mobile Bay: pop. 199,000
river in SW Ala., formed by the Alabama & Tombigbee rivers & flowing into Mobile Bay: c. 45 mi (72 km)

Origin: < Fr < AmInd < ?

motorized vehicle designed for a (specified) purpose: bookmobile, snowmobile

Origin: < (auto)mobile

See mobile in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Capable of moving or of being moved readily from place to place: a mobile organism; a mobile missile system.
a. Capable of moving or changing quickly from one state or condition to another: a mobile, expressive face.
b. Fluid; unstable: a mobile situation following the coup.
a. Marked by the easy intermixing of different social groups: a mobile community.
b. Moving relatively easily from one social class or level to another: an upwardly mobile generation.
c. Tending to travel and relocate frequently: a restless, mobile society.
Flowing freely; fluid: a mobile liquid.

noun (mōˈbēlˌ)

A type of sculpture consisting of carefully equilibrated parts that move, especially in response to air currents.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin mōbilis

Origin: , from *movibilis

Origin: , from movēre, to move; see meuə- in Indo-European roots

A city of southwest Alabama at the mouth of the Mobile River, about 61 km (38 mi) long, on the north shore of Mobile Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. Founded c. 1710, the city was held by the French, British, and Spanish until it was seized by U.S. forces in 1813. In the Battle of Mobile Bay (August 1864) Adm. David Farragut defeated a major Confederate flotilla and secured Union control of the area. Population: 193,000.

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