'Mobile' definitions:

Definition of 'mobile'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering]
adjective
Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" [ant: immobile]
adjective
Having transportation available
adjective
Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; "a highly mobile face"
adjective
Affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: fluid, mobile]
noun
A river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay [syn: Mobile, Mobile River]
noun
A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
noun
Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents [ant: stabile]

Definition of 'Mobile'

From: GCIDE
  • Mobile \Mo"bile\ (m[=o]"b[i^]l; L. m[o^]b"[i^]*l[=e]), n. [L. mobile vulgus. See Mobile, a., and cf. 3d Mob.] The mob; the populace. [Obs.] "The unthinking mobile." --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mobile'

From: GCIDE
  • Mobile \Mo"bile\ (m[=o]"b[=e]l`), n. a form of sculpture having several sheets or rods of a stiff material attached to each other by thin wire or twine in a balanced and artfully arranged tree configuration, with the topmost member suspended in air from a support so that the parts may move independently when set in motion by a current of air. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mobile'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'mobile'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Mobile, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Mobile, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000) :
198915
Housing Units (2000) :
86187
Land area (2000) :
117.903061 sq. miles (305.367514 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
41.531877 sq. miles (107.567062 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
159.434938 sq. miles (412.934576 sq. km)
FIPS code :
50000
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
30.679523 N, 88.103280 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
36602 36603 36604 36605 36606 36607
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Mobile -- U.S. County in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Mobile -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000) :
399843
Housing Units (2000) :
165101
Land area (2000) :
1233.090896 sq. miles (3193.690623 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
410.931906 sq. miles (1064.308706 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1644.022802 sq. miles (4257.999329 sq. km)
Located within :
Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location :
30.722256 N, 88.139667 W

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