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Mobile   /mˈoʊbəl/   Listen
Mobile

adjective
1.
Migratory.  Synonyms: nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering.  "The nomadic habits of the Bedouins" , "Believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future" , "Wandering tribes"
2.
Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place).  "The tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
3.
Having transportation available.
4.
Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another.
5.
Affording change (especially in social status).  Synonym: fluid.  "Upwardly mobile"
noun
1.
A river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay.  Synonym: Mobile River.
2.
A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay.
3.
Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents.



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"Mobile" Quotes from Famous Books



... And water was the second preparation for life—water, that can dissolve a larger variety of substances in greater concentration than any other liquid; water, that in summer does not readily evaporate altogether from a pond, nor in winter freeze throughout its whole extent; water, that is such a mobile vehicle and such a subtle cleaver of substances; water, that forms over 80 per cent. of living ...
— The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) - A Plain Story Simply Told • J. Arthur Thomson
... bearing which is the chief attraction of Englishmen for American women. His face was as well chiselled as the average of his kind, but lacked the national repose. The eyes were very clever, the features mobile; the tenacity and strength of his nature were indicated in the lower part of his face and in the powerful yet supple build of ...
— The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories • Gertrude Atherton
... on the shore of the sea, whose mobile surface was visible through the open, windows, extending outward until it mingled with the horizon, Padre Florentino was relieving the monotony by playing on his harmonium sad and melancholy tunes, to which the sonorous roar of ...
— The Reign of Greed - Complete English Version of 'El Filibusterismo' • Jose Rizal
... melody, melody gave birth to light; colors were light and melody; motion was a Number endowed with Utterance; all things were at once sonorous, diaphanous, and mobile; so that each interpenetrated the other, the whole vast area was unobstructed and the Angels could survey it from the ...
— Seraphita • Honore de Balzac
... that!" exclaimed the girl with an enthusiasm that brought a shadow into the mobile face ...
— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet


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