mo|bile

mo|bile
mo|bile «adjective. MOH buhl, moh BEEL; noun. moh BEEL, MOH buhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. a) that can move; easy to move; movable: »

a mobile hospital unit. The arms and legs are mobile.

b) tending to be naturally fluid: »

Mercury is a mobile metal.

2. moving easily; changing easily: »

a face with mobile features. A mobile mind is one that is easily moved by ideas or feeling.

3. versatile: »

mobile talents.

4. Sociology. a) characterized by mobility: »

a mobile class of society.

b) upward-mobile.
–n.
a piece of sculpture or a decoration composed of strips or pieces, such as of wire, paper, cloth, and wood, in balance with each other, usually suspended on wires or threads so that the various parts may shift in currents of air to form different patterns: »

An American sculptor, Alexander Calder, was the first to create the true mobile, in which movement is the basic aesthetic purpose (Bernard Frazier).

[< Latin mōbilis movable < movēre to move]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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