Mobile

geographical name

Mo·​bile mō-ˈbēl 

ˈmō-ˌbēl

1

river 38 miles (61 kilometers) long in southwestern Alabama formed by the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers and flowing south into Mobile Bay (an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico)

2

city and port at the point where the Mobile River enters Mobile Bay in southwestern Alabama population 195,111

Kids Definition

mobile

1 of 2 adjective

mo·​bile ˈmō-bəl  -ˌbēl 

-ˌbīl

1

: capable of moving or being moved : movable entry 1

2

: changing quickly in expression

a mobile face

3

: easily moved

mobile troops

4

: tending to travel or migrate from place to place : migratory

mobile workers

5

: characterized by movement from one social class to another

a mobile society

6

: cellular sense 2

mobility

mō-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

mobile

2 of 2 noun

mo·​bile ˈmō-ˌbēl 

: an artistic structure that is moved easily or that has parts easily moved (as by a current of air)

Medical Definition

mobile

adjective

mo·​bile ˈmō-bəl  -ˌbīl 

1

: capable of moving or being moved about readily

globular proteins that are mobile and rod-shaped proteins that form solid structures

the tongue … is clearly the most mobile articulator

—G. A. Miller

2

: characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity

ether and mercury are mobile liquids

mobility

mō-ˈbil-ət-ē 

noun

plural mobilities