mobile unit

American  

noun

1. a vehicle supplied with the basic equipment or materials necessary for a particular purpose, as for televising on location or being used as an x-ray or inoculation clinic.

2. a transceiver in a vehicle or carried by a person.

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Etymology

Origin of mobile unit

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

According to local news reports, the city had already adopted numerous reforms, including overhauling its Taser policy and creating a mobile unit that responds to behavioral crisis-related calls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

It has taken longer than expected, including a lengthy permitting process and issues to be resolved on a power source for what is planned to be a mobile unit.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

With his mobile unit, Bein can measure particulate matter in the air, take samples back to his lab and then determine their toxicology and chemical compositions.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2022

The Orange-MasMovil tie-up, between Spain's second and fourth largest telecoms operators, is the first big deal since the European Commission blocked CK Hutchison's $12.6 billion purchase of Telefonica's British mobile unit O2 in 2016.

From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022

Starting the second week of class, on Thursday afternoons, the teenage kids caught a bus to the school district main offices for Quang-ha's appointment in Dell Duke's windowless mobile unit.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan