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bəl, -bil adjective
1.
capable of moving or being moved readily.
2.
Digital Technology. pertaining to or noting a cell phone, usually one with computing ability, or a portable, wireless computing device used while held in the hand, as in mobile tablet; mobile PDA; mobile app.
3.
utilizing motor vehicles for ready movement: a mobile library.
4.
Military. permanently equipped with vehicles for transport.
5.
flowing freely, as a liquid.
6.
changeable or changing easily in expression, mood, purpose, etc.: a mobile face.
7.
quickly responding to impulses, emotions, etc., as the mind.
8.
Sociology.
a.
characterized by or permitting the mixing of social groups.
b.
characterized by or permitting relatively free movement from one social class or level to another.
9.
of or pertaining to a mobile.
noun
10.
a piece of sculpture having delicately balanced units constructed of rods and sheets of metal or other material suspended in midair by wire or twine so that the individual parts can move independently, as when stirred by a breeze. Compare stabile ( def 3 ).
11.
12.
Informal. a mobile home.
13.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. a vehicle.
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So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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World English Dictionary
mobile (ˈməʊbaɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having freedom of movement; movable |
| 2. | changing quickly in expression: a mobile face |
| 3. | sociol (of individuals or social groups) moving within and between classes, occupations, and localities: upwardly mobile |
| 4. | (of military forces) able to move freely and quickly to any given area |
| 5. | informal (postpositive) having transport available: are you mobile tonight? |
| —n | |
| 6. | a. a sculpture suspended in midair with delicately balanced parts that are set in motion by air currents |
| b. Compare stabile (as modifier): mobile sculpture | |
| 7. | short for mobile phone |
| [C15: via Old French from Latin mōbilis, from movēre to move] | |
| Mobile (ˈməʊbiːl, məʊˈbiːl) | |
| —n | |
| a port in SW Alabama, on Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico): the state's only port and its first permanent settlement, made by French colonists in 1711. Pop: 193 464 (2003 est) | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mobile
late 15c., from M.Fr. mobile, from L. mobilis "movable," from movere "to move" (see move). The noun is early 15c. in astronomy; the artistic sense is first recorded 1949 as a shortening of mobile sculpture (1936). Mobile home first recorded 1940.
Mobile
city in Alabama, U.S., attested c.1540 in Spanish as Mauvila, referring to an Indian group and perhaps from Choctaw (Muskogean) moeli "to paddle."
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
mobile definition
A sculpture made up of suspended shapes that move.
Note: Alexander Calder, a twentieth-century American sculptor, is known for his mobiles.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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