MOBILES

Noun

mobiles

plural of mobile

Anagrams

• bemoils, bismole, emboils, obelism, s-mobile

Source: Wiktionary


MOBILE

Mo"bile, a. Etym: [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.

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.

3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. Testament of Love. The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition. Hawthorne.

4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.

5. (Physiol.)

Definition: Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Mo"bile, n. Etym: [L. mobile vulgus. See Mobile, a., and cf. 3d Mob.]

Definition: The mob; the populace. [Obs.] "The unthinking mobile." South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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