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Definition: Mobile |
MobileAdjective1. Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator". 2. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes". 3. Having transportation available. 4. Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another; "a highly mobile face". 5. Affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile". Noun1. A river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay. 2. A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay. 3. Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mobile" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | A delicately balanced construction or structure. . . having movable parts that can be set in motion by air currents or mechanical propulsion. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects and other rods hang. The objects handing from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal. Each rod hangs from only one string, which gives it freedom to rotate about the string. The sculptor Alexander Calder is well known for his mobiles. Calder is credited with inventing the mobile in 1925, although it was named by Marcel Duchamp. Mobiles are also popular in the nursery, where they hang over cribs to give infants something to look at.See also: Mobile, Alabama
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mobile."
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In telecommunication, a wireless phone, cellular mobile or cell phone (in the United States), also called a mobile phone in other English speaking countries, is a mobile communications system that uses a combination of radio wave transmission and conventional telephone switching to permit telephone communication to and from mobile users within a specified area.
The term does not comprise the so-called portable phone or cordless phone, which is associated with a fixed telephone landline and can only be operated close to (less than 100 metres of) its base station, such as in and around the house. The term 'cell phone' applies specifically to mobile phones which use a cellular network; satellite phones are also mobile phones, but not cellular.
Mobile phones have existed at least since the 1950s, though the distinction becomes blurry when special systems are used to "patch" conventional Radiotelephones (2-way radio) into a phone network with the assistance of human operators. Modern mobile phones can make and receive calls automatically, operating as would a normal phone (though most have a superset of the ability of fixed-line phones).
Mobile phones began to proliferate through the 1980s with the introduction of "cellular" phones, with multiple base stations located relatively close to each other, and protocols for the automated "hand-off" between two cells when a phone moved from one cell to the other. In this era, mobile phones were somewhat larger than current ones, and many were designed for permanent installation in cars, or as "transportable" phones the size of a briefcase.
As technology improved throughout the 1990s, the larger "bricks" disappeared and tiny hand-held phones became the norm.
In most of Europe, wealthy parts of Asia, and Australasia, mobile phones are now virtually universal, with the majority of the adult, teenage, and even child population owning one. They are less common in the United States - whilst widely available, market penetration is much lower than elsewhere in the developed world. Reasons advanced for this include incomplete coverage, fragmented networks making roaming difficult, inferior network technology, relatively high minimum monthly service charges, relatively low-cost fixed-line networks, and the car-centric nature of US society.
The effects of antitrust legislation in the United States breaking up the nationwide Bell network may also have had an effect. In other parts of the world the competing mobile phone companies have offered a wide range of service plans from pre-paid cards to high flat rate subscriptions. They have also resorted to cut-throat discounting, normally selling handsets at high discounts (including wholly subsidised units) in return for long term (usually 1-year) contracts with high disconnection costs and handsets locked to single networks (SIMLOCKS). Such practices allowed many consumers to obtain a mobile phone and caused spectacular market penetration. The experience of the American telephone companies with antitrust cases in the 1980s and 1990s meant that they would be reluctant to engage in these practices to build their customer base.
Due to their low establishment costs and rapid deployment, mobile phone networks are rapidly spreading throughout the developing world, outstripping the growth of fixed telephony. Such networks can often be economic, even with a small customer base, as mobile network costs are mostly call volume related, while fixed-line telephony has a much higher subscriber related cost component.
Cellular telephony
A cell phone is a portable telephone which receives or sends messages through a Cell site, or transmitting tower. Radio waves are used to transfer signals to and from the cell phone. Each cell site has a range of 3-5 miles and overlaps other cell sites. All of the cell sites are connected to one or more cellular switching exchanges which can detect the strength of the signal received from the telephone. As the telephone user moves or roams from one cell area to another, the exchange automatically switches the call to the cell site with the strongest signal.
The term "cell phone" is uncommon outside of the US and Japan. However, almost all mobile phones use cellular technology, including GSM, CDMA and the old analog mobile phone systems. Hence, many people use the term "cell phone" to mean any mobile telephone system. The exception to mobile phones using cellular technology are satellite phones.
The Iridium phone system is very like a cell phone system except the cell sites are in orbit. The marine radio telephone satellites administered by INMARSAT have a completely different system (see below).
Old systems pre-dating the cellular principle may still be in use in places. The most notable real hold-out is that many amateur radio operators maintain phone patches in their clubs' VHF repeaters.
Early mobiles were analog; newer ones are digital.
There are a number of different digital cellular technologies; these include: GSM, CDMA, DECT.
Mobile phone technology is often divided into generations: 1G, 2G, 2.5G,2.7G, 3G:
All of these technologies were based on cellular technology. However, satellite based phones are called mobile phones too.
- 1G: AMPS, TACS
- 2G: TDMA, CDMA, GSM, PCS, iDEN
- 2.5G: GPRS
- 2.7G: EDGE
- 3G: UMTS
Major mobile phone manufacturers include Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola.
Many mobile phones support 'auto-roaming', which permits the same phone to be used in multiple countries. However, both countries must use the same mobile system and the same frequencies, and there must be an agreement between the two countries' telephone operators.
In the UK and Australia, mobile phones are often called simply mobiles. In Germany, they are called Handys. In Sweden they are sometimes called nalle, or "teddy bear", referring to the fact that many people always carry them around and feel insecure if they misplace them.
Mobile phones must be distinguished from portable phones (called cordless phones in the US); with a portable phone the user purchases their own base station, which they connect to a landline, the range of the phone is generally restricted to under 50 m, and the phones operate on a different frequency and protocol (e.g. DCTS in North America; DECT in Europe).
Mobile phones do not only support voice calls; they can also send and receive data and faxes (if a computer is attached), sending short messages (or "text messages"; see Short Message Service), access WAP services, and provide full Internet access using technologies such as GPRS. Mobile phones often have a clock and a calculator and often one can play some games on them.
Newer models also allow for sending pictures and have a built-in digital camera. This gives rise to some concern about privacy, in view of possible voyeurism, for example in swimming pools. For this reason, Saudi Arabia has banned camera phones entirely; South Korea has ordered manufacturers to ensure that all new handsets emit a beep whenever a picture is taken. On the other hand, cameras can be used by crime victims or witnesses to help identify the criminals.
GPS receivers are starting to appear in cell phones, primarily to aid in dispatching emergency responders.
Newer models have included many features aimed towards personalisation, such as user defined ring tones and operator logos, and interchangeable covers, which have helped in the uptake by the teenage market.
Usually one can choose between a ring tone and a vibrating alert.
Satellite telephony (INMARSAT)
Inmarsats use a completely different system. Basically, the satellite simply retransmits whatever signals it receives. The mobile stations actually log into a ground station. More information is available at INMARSAT.
Note: In cellular mobile systems, large geographical areas are segmented into many smaller areas, i.e., cells, each of which has its own radio transmitters and receivers and a single controller interconnected with the public switched telephone network. Synonyms cellular phone, mobile phone, cellular radio, cellular telephone.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
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- Coltan
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mobile phone."
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Mobile is a city located in Mobile County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 198,915. Its name derived from the presence of the Mobile (Mauvile or Maubila) Indians in the area at the time of founding. (See Mobilian.) The city is the county seat of Mobile County.The city is served by Mobile Regional Airport.
History
The settlement was first established in 1702, at Twenty-seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River, as the capital of the French colony of Louisiana. It was relocated downriver to its present location near the head of Mobile Bay in 1711. Mobile was transferred to the British in 1763 as a result of the Treaty of Paris and was captured by the Spanish in 1780. The Spanish held Mobile until 1814 when it was captured by the American General Wilkinson; by then it was the second largest seaport on the Gulf Coast.One incident of some historical interest occurred in 1860, when the Clotilde, the last known ship to arrive in the Americas with a cargo of slaves, was abandoned by its captain near Mobile. A number of the slaves escaped and formed their own community on the banks of the Mobile River, which became known as Africatown. The inhabitants of this community retained their African customs and language well into the 20th century.
Mobile grew substantially in the period leading up to the American Civil War when it was heavily fortified and held by the Confederates. Union naval forces established a blockade under the command of Admiral David Farragut. Farragut did not attack the city until August 1864. The ensuing Battle of Mobile Bay was a Union victory but the city held out for another nine months. During the later federal occupation of the city, in May, 1865, an ammunition depot explostion -- called the great Mobile magazine explosion -- killed some 300 people.
After the war the harbour was substantially improved and deepened, and ship-building became a notable industry.
Four members of the Baseball Hall of Fame were born in Mobile: Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Satchel Paige and Ozzie Smith.
Notable yearly activities that currently take place in Mobile include the Senior Bowl, Mardi Gras (the oldest in the country), and the Junior Miss Pageant.
Mobile and the Eastern Shore (across Mobile Bay) periodically experience a unique phenomenon called a Jubilee. A Jubilee, which usually takes place around 3-4am, describes a massive upsurge of sea life from the bottom of the bay. This upsurge to the surface usually consists of crabs, shrimp, oysters, and other sea delicacies. Needless to say, a Jubilee, when first realized, is quickly spread by word of mouth along the coast, providing an impromptu fishing party in the middle of the night.
Geography
Mobile is located at 30°40'46" North, 88°6'12" West (30.679523, -88.103280)1.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 412.9 km² (159.4 mi²). 305.4 km² (117.9 mi²) of it is land and 107.6 km² (41.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 26.05% water.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 198,915 people, 78,480 households, and 50,776 families residing in the city. The population density is 651.4/km² (1,687.1/mi²). There are 86,187 housing units at an average density of 282.2/km² (731.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 50.40% White, 46.29% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 1.52% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.53% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. 1.42% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 78,480 households out of which 30.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% are married couples living together, 19.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% are non-families. 30.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 3.09.
In the city the population is spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $31,445, and the median income for a family is $39,752. Males have a median income of $31,629 versus $22,051 for females. The per capita income for the city is $18,072. 21.2% of the population and 17.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 31.4% are under the age of 18 and 14.7% are 65 or older.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mobile, Alabama."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MOBILE | English | Extended European Information Access through mobile libraries | Computing, Information |
| MO | English | Mobile originated | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MobileSynonyms: fluid (adj), nomadic (adj), peregrine (adj), roving (adj), wandering (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: immobile (adj), stabile (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cause | Noun: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile; vera causa; author; (producer); mainspring; agent; leaven; groundwork, foundation; (support). |
Changeableness | Unstaid, inconstant; unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled; fluctuating; Verb: restless; agitated; erratic, fickle; irresolute; capricious; touch and go; inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic; vibratory; vagrant, wayward; desultory; afloat; alternating; alterable, plastic, mobile; transient; wavering. |
Motion | Adjective: moving; Verb: in motion; transitional; motory, motive; shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet; restless; (changeable); nomadic; erratic. |
Motive | Reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile, keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee; intention. |
Sensibility | Adjective: sensible, sensitive; impressible, impressionable; susceptive, susceptible; alive to, impassionable, gushing; warm hearted, tender hearted, soft hearted; tender as a chicken; soft, sentimental, romantic; enthusiastic, highflying, spirited, mettlesome, vivacious, lively, expressive, mobile, tremblingly alive; excitable; oversensitive, without skin, thin-skinned; fastidious. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Join the Mobile Infantry and save the Galaxy (Starship Troopers; writing credit: Edward Neumeier. Based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein.) To the bee mobile! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) They playin' it as far away as Mobile. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) Ok, now I'm gonna have to back up over you with my whoopass mobile. (Good Morning, Miami; writing credit: James Grissom; David Kohan) | |
Lyrics | To make records with a mobile (Smoke on the Water; performing artist: Deep Purple) When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mobile One (1974) Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile (1972) Sans mobile apparent (1971) Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1969) Bersaglio mobile (1967) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown are mobile homes used as mobile mammogrpahy units by St. Vincent's Breast Cancer Centers and the University of Maryland Cancer Center. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Exterior view of mobile Public Health Clinic near Brunswick, GA. Car, automobile. Credit: CDC. |
 | Multiracial group of women and children in a housing project mobile clinic waiting for and receiving vaccinations. Scene contains a doctor and a nurse. Credit: CDC. |  | Jack Sammons' mobile home - 1940. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | The Battleship Alabama at Mobile. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | An outbound ship passes under Verrazano Narrows Bridge as a NOAA modified catamaran takes mobile current profiles with an acoustic data collection platform (ADCP). Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Between areas 1 and 2, a northwest view of the beach and dunes. Placing rock to fortify the shoreline and beach and maintain a separation between the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Canal. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Southeast of area 1; a north northeast view from the beach towards Mobile Canal showing part of the Mobile Oil facility in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. An aerial view of the Fish River emptying into Weeks Bay which in turn opens to Mobile Bay. View looking south southwest. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Large rawinsonde balloon is released in foreground It will measure atmospheric conditions during ascent. In the background are surface weather instruments. These measure temperature, relative humidity, pressure and precipitation. A mobile radar unit is also shown. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Mobile phone" by Jay Heaviside Commentary: "Or cell phone in the usa." | "Mobile Phone Pad" by Brian Griesbaum Commentary: "Motorola Startac Mobile Phone Pad." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Cellular; cell phone; mobile phone; satellite; communication; communicate; dialing; connection; connecting. | | Waver; changeful; fluctuating; fluid; inconstant; indecisive; irregular; irresolute; irresponsible; kaleidoscopic; mercurial; mobile; movable; mutable; permutable; protean; restless; reversible; revocable; shifting; skittish; spasmodic; transformable; tra. |
| Telephone; cellular; wireless; mobile; satellite; power; turn on. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Robert Bresson | Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Mobile phone amplifying devices. (references) | |
The wire loop goes around your neck and connects to the mobile phone. (references) | ||
Options such as mobile screening services and incentives should be considered. (references) | ||
Business | Ericsson and Nokia dominate the mobile market. (references) | |
New advances in mobile telephony will be lucrative. (references) | ||
Expansion of the mobile network is also in progress. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Moldova | In 1999 the Government established fixed and mobile "fiscal posts" to control smuggling of untaxed goods from Transnistria. (references) |
Bangladesh | In May the Awami League Government stopped the Grameen Mobile Phone Company from sending news bulletins to its subscribers. (references) | |
Gambia | Mansaray reported that three policemen bruised his body, tore his trousers, and smashed his watch, necklace, and mobile telephone. (references) | |
Economic History | Norway | Mobile Commerce is already becoming a reality. (references) |
China | In 2001, China Mobile plans to invest $10 billion. (references) | |
Austria | Almost every household possesses two mobile phones. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nigeria | In June in the Khana local government area, mobile police shot and killed an allegedly unarmed Ogoni man. (references) |
Bolivia | A program of mobile public defenders who can reach the more remote parts of the country has proven somewhat effective. (references) | |
Burma | Although no arrests were reported, troops threatened to punish citizens severely if they refused to turn over their mobile phones. (references) | |
Minorities | Greece | Others are either mobile, working mainly as agricultural laborers, peddlers, and musicians throughout the country, or they live in camps. (references) |
Czech Republic | In response to this incident, Roma groups in several cities and towns organized "self-defense patrols," which consisted mainly of small groups of Roma patrolling the streets of predominantly Roma neighborhoods armed with mobile phones. (references) | |
Political Economy | Seychelles | There also is an armed paramilitary Police Mobile Unit. (references) |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | Diplomatic observers noted many empty polling stations, extensive use of mobile ballot boxes, and numerous instances of family voting. (references) |
Belarus | The OSCE/ODIHR report found that the voting procedures, including mobile ballot boxes, early voting procedures, and handling of voting lists, provided several possible avenues for vote manipulation. (references) | |
Belarus | During the elections, provisions for early voting, mobile ballot boxes, vote counting, and the aggregation of results fell far short of minimum transparency requirements for independent verification. (references) | |
Trade | Ecuador | Used special vehicles given in donation such as ambulances, mobile clinics, sweepers and fire trucks are permitted. (references) |
India | They interface with corporate customers through branches, mobile relationship managers, electronic banking and telephone banking, and also ATM's and web banking for retail customers. (references) | |
Croatia | Import licenses are required for arms/ammunition, military and police equipment, mobile radio sets, drugs, narcotics, antiquities, works of art, precious metals, waste, and substances harmful to the ozone layer. (references) | |
Travel | Taiwan | The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) has been used for the phone service. (references) |
Australia | Australia currently uses two international digital standards for cellular mobile telephones, GSM and CDMA. (references) | |
Italy | Milan's city code 02. Italians are avid users of mobile phones and will generally provide their mobile telephone number. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brazil | Since its inception in 1995, the mobile group has liberated over 3,300 forced laborers. (references) |
Brazil | In one of its largest operations, in April the mobile group rescued 144 workers from conditions of forced labor on three ranches in Maranhao state. (references) | |
Brazil | MLE figures for 2000 indicate that 583 rural workers were freed from forced labor by the MLE's special mobile inspection unit on raids of 120 properties. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | On the Mobile, our commerce passing through that river continues to be obstructed by arbitrary duties and vexatious searches. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | A similar and equally advantageous effect will soon be produced to the south, through the whole extent of the States and territory which border on the waters emptying into the Mississippi and the Mobile. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We must have superior naval and marine forces to maintain freedom of the seas, strong multipurpose tactical air forces, and mobile, modern ground forces. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Mobile" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 83.23% of the time. "Mobile" is used about 1,108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 83.23% | 922 | 7,808 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.91% | 121 | 29,211 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.86% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,108 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | BCE Mobile Communications Inc. | Greece | Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A. |
| Hong Kong | China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited | Italy | T.I.M. - Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A. |
| South Africa | Mobile Industries Limited | USA | i3 Mobile, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Mobile, AL (city, FIPS 50000) 2. Mobile, AZ |
Expressions using "mobile": Advanced Mobile Analytical Laboratory ♦ advanced mobile phone service ♦ Advanced Mobile Phone System ♦ aeronautical mobile service ♦ allowable public land mobile network ♦ call forwarding on mobile subscriber not reachable ♦ electronic mobile exchange ♦ Electronic Mobile Exchange 2500 ♦ global special mobile ♦ global standard for mobile ♦ global system for mobile communications ♦ groupe spécial mobile de la CEPT ♦ GSM mobile station ♦ Hove Mobile Park ♦ maritime mobile service identities ♦ mobile activity status ♦ mobile air movements team ♦ mobile air pollution laboratory ♦ mobile air pollution monitoring unit ♦ mobile allocation ♦ mobile antiscatter grid ♦ mobile Army Surgical Hospital ♦ mobile artillery ♦ mobile automatic message accounting ♦ mobile Bay ♦ mobile call messages ♦ mobile canteen ♦ mobile communications center ♦ Mobile County ♦ mobile customer ♦ mobile data ♦ mobile defense ♦ mobile deformable barrier face ♦ Mobile Electronic Transactions ♦ mobile entity ♦ mobile equipment ♦ mobile evaluated handover ♦ mobile execution environment executable ♦ mobile execution environment server ♦ Mobile Health Units ♦ mobile home ♦ mobile identifier ♦ mobile intensive care unit ♦ mobile library ♦ mobile lounge ♦ mobile method ♦ mobile mine ♦ mobile originated ♦ mobile originated call ♦ mobile originating call ♦ mobile phone ♦ mobile private trunked digital network ♦ mobile radio set ♦ mobile radio subscriber ♦ mobile radio telephone ♦ mobile radio unit ♦ mobile reserve ♦ mobile River ♦ mobile service area ♦ mobile service switching center ♦ mobile service switching centre ♦ mobile services switching centre ♦ mobile ship station ♦ mobile shop ♦ mobile station ♦ mobile station identifier ♦ mobile subscriber ♦ mobile subscriber equipment ♦ mobile subscriber set ♦ mobile subscriber station ♦ mobile support group ♦ mobile surface station ♦ mobile switching center ♦ mobile switching centre ♦ mobile telephone ♦ mobile telephone exchange ♦ mobile telephone subscriber ♦ mobile telephone switching center ♦ mobile telephone switching centre ♦ mobile telephone switching office ♦ mobile telephone unit ♦ mobile terminating call ♦ mobile termination ♦ mobile Triton ♦ mobile unit ♦ mobile user ♦ mobile walkway ♦ mobile workshop ♦ mobile yarder ♦ primum mobile ♦ Second Generation Mobile Systems ♦ specialised mobile radio ♦ specialized mobile radio ♦ Tactical Mobile Robotics ♦ trunked mobile network ♦ vacant mobile ID ♦ vacant mobile identification ♦ vehicular mobile station ♦ visited mobile services switching centre ♦ visited public land mobile network ♦ visited public land mobile network of home county. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "mobile": mobile-ID, mobile-launched, mobile-phone, mobile-response, mobile-telephone. | |
Ending with "mobile": non-mobile, upwardly-mobile. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
t mobile | 27,497 | mobile communication | 531 |
mobile phone | 7,174 | mobile computing | 514 |
mobile home | 6,387 | mobile phone accessory | 498 |
mobile | 3,193 | msn mobile | 490 |
t mobile.com | 3,051 | free mobile phone | 487 |
virgin mobile | 2,363 | samsung mobile phone | 452 |
mobile park virginia | 2,149 | mobile home park | 428 |
mobile al | 2,015 | mobile phone uk | 421 |
mobile video | 2,010 | mobile press register | 398 |
mobile home sale | 1,121 | t mobile cell phone | 394 |
mobile alabama | 894 | t mobile wireless | 380 |
nokia mobile phone | 834 | motorola mobile phone | 375 |
boost mobile | 769 | free mobile ringtone | 349 |
mobile home loan | 720 | t mobile ringtone | 342 |
t mobile sidekick | 695 | mobile home insurance | 329 |
t mobile phone | 689 | used mobile home | 328 |
mobile home financing | 685 | fleetwood mobile home | 314 |
mobile suit gundam | 669 | mobile home floor plan | 303 |
mobile ringtone | 604 | mobile dvd player | 297 |
mobile register | 542 | att mobile | 271 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "mobile"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lëvizës (ambulatory, going, live, locomotive, motional, motive, motor, movable, moving, peripatetic, propellent, traveling, travelling), i ndryshueshëm (alterable, changeable, changeful, fickle, flexible, inconstant, labile, mercurial, movable, mutable, protean, shifting, transitional, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, various, varying, vertiginous), i lëvizshëm (dapper, inconstant, live, movable, moveable, moving, removable, shifting, sliding, spry, variable). (various references) | |
Arabic | متنقل (ambulant, itinerant, migratory, portable, roving, shifting, strolling), متقلب (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, fickle, flighty, fluctuant, fluky, freakish, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, jumpy, mercurial, moody, mutable, reversible, rough and tumble, shaky, skittish, temperamental, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, versatile, volatile, wavering, wayward, weather vane, whimsical, yeasty), متحرك (animated, bascule, dynamic, locomotive, motor, movable, moveable, moved, moving), متسم بإمتزاج الفئات الإجتماعية, مستخدم السيارات, قابل للحركة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | социално приспособим, непостоянен (astatic, capricious, casual, changeable, changeful, discontinuous, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, fluid, impermanent, inconstant, irregular, liquid, lubricous, mutable, non-persistent, seesaw, sporadic, streaky, uncertain, unequable, uneven, unreliable, unstable, unsteady, vagarious, variable, variant, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo), жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), лек (airy, bland, cool, cure, cushy, easy, expedite, facile, fairy, flimsy, gentle, gossamer, gossamery, gradual, lambent, lenient, light, lightsome, lightweight, medicine, mild, potty, quiet, remedy, skyey, slick, slight, snap, soft, subtle, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial), променлив (baffling, changeable, choppy, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, fluent, inconsistent, inconstant, liquid, protean, shifting, undecided, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, varied, versatile, volatile), подвижен (adjustable, adjusting, agile, airy, ambulatory, detachable, drop, flexible, floating, light, limber, lissome, lithe, live, lively, movable, moveable, moving, nimble, nippy, ready, removable, resilient, shifting, sliding, traveling, travelling, versatile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 行動 (action, operation, to move), 移動式 , 移動 (movement, to move, to shift), 流动 (Flowed, flowing, runny). (various references) | |
Czech | mobilní, promìnlivý (changeable, changing, fluctuating, mutable, uncertain, variable, various), pohyblivý (floating, movable, moveable, moving, rolling). (various references) | |
Danish | bevægelig. (various references) | |
Dutch | roerend (affecting, moving, touching), mobiel, los (apart, free, loose, lynx, particular, sandy, separate, special, unchecked), beweegbaar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | movebla. (various references) | |
Farsi | متحرک (Gradient, Locomotive, Remote, Versatile), قابل حرکت , قابل تحرک , سیال (Fluor). (various references) | |
Finnish | liikkuva (moving). (various references) | |
French | mobile (motional, movable, moveable, moving). (various references) | |
Frisian | ferweechlik, beweechlik. (various references) | |
German | beweglich (agile, fluid, free, limber, loose, maneuverable, movable, moving, nimble, supple), mobil (lively, movable), handy (cellphone, cellular, cellular phone, mobile phone). (various references) | |
Greek | κινητόσ (ambulatory, detachable, motile, movable, moveable), κινητός (movable), σβέλτοσ (alert, dapper, fleet, lissom, lissome, natty, nifty, nimble, nippy, spry, svelte), ευκίνητοσ (agile, light footed, lithe, nimble, nippy, spry, svelte, vanquishable, vincible). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ניד (movable, moveable, movement, portable, quiver, swing), נע (movable, moving). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mozgatható (lay figure, loose, movable, moveable, moving), mozgó (ambulatory, automotive, live, loose, moving, running). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mobil (auto, automobile, car, motor car), giat (enterprising, pushing, vigorous). (various references) | |
Italian | mobile (cabinet, changeable, floating, furniture, maneuverable, movable, moving, personal, portable, shifting, sliding, unstable). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | モノカルボン酸 (dag coating containing molybdenum, mohair, Mohawk, Mohawk haircut, molybdenum, moment, momism, monaural, monaural record, monocarboxylic acid, monochrome, monoclonal, mono-fluorine, monogram, monograph, monographie, monolock, monologue, monomania, monomaniac, monomer, monopolize, monopoly, monorail, monosexual, monotone, monotype, moped, moral hazard, moral majority, moral pollution, moral risk, moral sense, moral support, morale, morale survey, moralist, morality, moratorium, Morris dance, person fond of using a mobile phone, unisex), 可動 (moveable). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | モビール , かどう (actual work, flower arrangement, influencingfor good, moveable, operation, tanka poetry, versification, vortex). (various references) | |
Korean | 기동성있는. (various references) | |
Manx | raghidey (ambulant, walking). (various references) | |
Papiamen | movibel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obilemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | móvel (cause, fitment, flexile, flying, movable, moving, piece of furniture, portable, rolling, shifting, traveling, travelling, wandering), móbil (motive, movable). (various references) | |
Romanian | mobil (changeable, detachable, impulse, motive, movable, moving, personal, removable, unstable, working), migrator (migrant, migratory), mişcãtor (exciting, moving, movingly, pathetic, pathetically), transportabil (carriageable, movable, portable, removable, transportable), schimbãtor (capricious, catching, changeable, chequered, choppy, fickle, inconstant, Moody, moonish, mutable, shifty, slippery, switch, unequal, unsettled, unsteady, variable, varied, versatile, volatile), parte mobilã, nestatornic (changeable, fickle, flyaway, giddy, lubricous, mutable, ticklish, unfaithful, unreliable, unstable, variably, versatile, volatile, wayward). (various references) | |
Russian | мобильный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mobilan (ready), manevarski (blank), vrsta skulpture, pomičan (movable), pokretan (ambulatory, floating, impellent, locomotive, maneuverable, manoeuvrable, motile, movable, moveable, moving, personal, shifting). (various references) | |
Spanish | móvil (carrier, fickle, incentive, motive, movable). (various references) | |
Swedish | rörlig (agile, alert, brisk, floating, fluid, limber, locomotive, loose, movable, moveable, moving, vivacious). (various references) | |
Thai | แปรเปลี่ยนได้ง่าย, ซึ่งเคลื่อนที่ได้ง่าย. (various references) | |
Turkish | yer değiştirebilen, seyyar (ambulant, ambulatory, itinerant, migratory, portable, roving, traveling, travelling), oynak (coquettish, flirtatious, frisky, frolicsome, loose, ludic, playful, skittish, unstable), hareketli (active, alive and kicking, animate, bouncing, brisk, bustling, full of action, go-go, like a jack-in-the-box, live, moving, rattling, restless, shifting, sliding, swinging, zippy), gezici (ambulant, ambulatory, floating, itinerant, roving, touring, traveling, travelling), dengede hareket düzeni, değişken (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, erratic, factor, fickle, fitful, flexible, flexile, fluid, fluxional, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, inequable, labile, mercurial, mutable, protean, shifting, sliding, streaked, streaky, swinging, uncertain, unfunded, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, versatile), akışkan (fluid). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gцзme (transitory). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | рухомий (floating, gradient, movable, moveable, transportable), несталий (catching, changeable, fickle, inconstant, mutable, transient, versatile), жвавий (active, agile, airy, alert, alive, alive and kicking, animated, breezy, brisk, canty, chirpy, crisp, dashing, exhilarated, gleg, jaunty, live, living, nimble, peppy, perky, slippy, sprightly, vivid, whisky, youthful, zippy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | di động; lưu động hay thay đổi, dễ biến đổi, chuyển động (motional, motive, motory), biến đổi nhanh. (various references) | |
Welsh | symudol (movable, moving), symudadwy (movable, removable). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mobilibus, mobilior, mobilis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mobile": mobiles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "mobile": airmobile, automobile, bloodmobile, bookmobile, immobile, nonmobile, pimpmobile, skimobile, snowmobile. (additional references) | |
Words containing "mobile": automobiled, automobiles, bloodmobiles, bookmobiles, pimpmobiles, skimobiles, snowmobiler, snowmobilers, snowmobiles. (additional references) | |
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"Mobile" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mabalub, Mabbeley, Mabie, Mabila, Mabille, Mambila, Maoile, M'bala, Mbila, mefile, Mibiol, mobarez, mobbile, mobels, mobi, mobil, Mobilecom, mobiled, mobili, Mobilier, mobille, mobills, mobled, moblize, Moille, Moiola, Moviola, Muqbil, nobil, nobile, Nobilia, Ombla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mobile" (pronounced mō"bul) |
| 5 | m ō" b u l | immobile. |
| 4 | -ō" b u l | coble, ennoble, global, ignoble, noble, Roble. |
| 3 | -b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, able, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amble, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, assemble, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, crumble, culpable, curable, cymbal, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, disassemble, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, dissemble, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gable, gamble, Garble, gobble, Gribble, grumble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, humble, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, jumble, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, moldable, movable, mumble, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, nimble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, preamble, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, ramble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, reassemble, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resemble, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unscramble, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wamble, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: emboli. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-m-o" | |
-1 letter: biome, limbo, obeli. | |
-2 letters: bile, boil, bole, limb, lime, limo, lobe, mile, milo, moil, mole. | |
-3 letters: bel, bio, elm, lei, lib, lie, lob, mel, mib, mil, mob, mol, obe, obi, oil, ole. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, bo, el, em, li, lo, me, mi, mo, oe, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: embolic, embroil, mobiles, obelism. | |
+2 letters: bloomier, bromelin, comblike, embolies, embolism, embroils, forelimb, imbolden, immobile, mobilise, mobilize, nobelium, obelisms, tomblike, womblike. | |
+3 letters: airmobile, amphibole, bloomiest, bromelain, bromeliad, bromelins, columbine, columbite, embolisms, embroiled, forelimbs, homebuilt, imboldens, immovable, mailboxes, metabolic, mobilised, mobilises, mobilized, mobilizes, nobeliums, nonmobile, omissible, skimobile, symbolise, symbolize. | |
+4 letters: abominable, amphiboles, automobile, becomingly, beglooming, biomedical, biopolymer, blithesome, bloomeries, bolometric, bolshevism, bookmobile, bromelains, bromeliads, columbines, columbites, combinable, comestible, compatible, demobilize, disembowel, embolismic, emboweling, embroiling, formidable, hemoglobin, imboldened, immobilize, immovables, importable, impossible, improbable, improvable, lobotomies, lobotomise, lobotomize, mailbombed, metabolism, metabolite, metabolize, middlebrow, mindblower, mislabored, mobilities, modifiable, multilobed, outclimbed, pimpmobile, reblooming, remobilize, skimobiles, snowmobile, symbolised, symbolises, symbolized, symbolizer, symbolizes, zombielike. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Cities 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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