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android

[ an-droid ]

noun

  1. an automaton in the form of a human being.


Android

1

/ ˈæԻɔɪ /

noun

  1. a software package for smartphones, including many application programs
  2. a smartphone that uses this software
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

android

2

/ ˈæԻɔɪ /

noun

  1. (in science fiction) a robot resembling a human being
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. resembling a human being
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of android1

From the New Latin word Իīŧ, dating back to 1720–30. See andr-, -oid
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of android1

C18: from Late Greek ԻDZ𾱻ŧ manlike; see andro- , -oid
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"I don't see that we get to an android dog, not in the near future. I think guide dogs have still got good longevity," he said.

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The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X.

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This android — one of two nameless leads in the Oscar-nominated charmer “Robot Dreams” — envisions a small, lonely dog in his third-floor walk-up, microwaving a depressing dinner for one.

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This Y2K vision of AI was built on decades’ worth of androids and cyborgs and Cylons, of course.

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He gained popularity with the serialization of “Dr. Slump” from 1980 to 1984, a manga about an android girl known for her childlike personality and superhuman strength.

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