MOBILE

a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. "Fixed or else mobile." Skelton.

2.
a.

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.
a.

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

4.
a.

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

5.
a.

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

6.
n.

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

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