mobile unit
Americannoun
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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.
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a transceiver in a vehicle or carried by a person.
Etymology
Origin of mobile unit
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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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
The company had two engineers at LoanDepot Park, and they redirected cables from the mobile unit to MLB’s connection point from Bally’s.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 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
Now in many cases a mobile unit takes the place of additional building.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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