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Mobile (?), 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.
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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.
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3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. Testament of Love.
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The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition.
Hawthorne.
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4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.
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5. (Physiol.) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
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6. Capable of moving readily, or moving frequenty from place to place; as, a mobile work force.
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7. Having motor vehicles to permit movement from place to place; as, a mobile library; a mobile hospital.
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Mobile (mōbēl), 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.
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