android
[an-droid]
- an automaton in the form of a human being.
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Origin of android
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Contemporary Examples
When it came to Android, however, it was ad-supported but free.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern ArtAlec Kubas-Meyer
January 2, 2015
Check out this Android app designed by Code4HK for the coordination of Occupy Central!
The uber-entrepreneur—and recent Mrs. Kanye West—released a new app for iOS and Android users this week.
Inside ‘Kim Kardashian: Hollywood’: The Reality Star’s Aspirational App and Vainest Project YetFrances McInnis
June 23, 2014
The cup then connects through low energy Bluetooth technology to an accompanying iPhone or Android app.
In Chobits, hapless waiter Hideki ends up purchasing a “persocom,” an android called Chi, and slowly falls in love with her.
Historical Examples
The ninth android hobbled back to his chair and waited quietly.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
From the street, the tenth android saw Rhoda and Frank enter the elevator.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
When the man moved off down the street, the tenth android followed.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
King, after a moment's silence, said, "I've been thinking about that tenth android."
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
But about that android that's supposed to be walking around loose.
Ten From InfinityPaul W. Fairman
android
- (in science fiction) a robot resembling a human being
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- resembling a human being
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Word Origin
C18: from Late Greek androeidēs manlike; see andro-, -oid
Android
- trademark a software package for smartphones, including many application programs
- a smartphone that uses this software
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Word Origin and History for android
n.
"automaton resembling a human being," 1842, from Modern Latin androides (itself attested as a Latin word in English from 1727), from Greek andro- "human" (see andro-) + eides "form, shape." Greek androdes meant "like a man, manly;" cf. also Greek andrias "image of a man, statue." Listed as "rare" in OED 1st edition (1879), popularized from c.1951 by science fiction writers.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
android
(ăn′droid′)- Possessing human features and form.
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