Mo"bile (?), a. [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.) Capable of being moved,
aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
Mo"bile (mō"bĭl; L.
mŏb"ĭ*lē), n. [L. mobile
vulgus. See Mobile, a., and cf. 3d
Mob.] The mob; the populace. [Obs.] "The unthinking
mobile." South.