ANDROID

android, humanoid, mechanical man

(noun) an automaton that resembles a human being

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

android (plural androids)

A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily male)

Hypernyms

• robot

Hyponyms

• gynoid, fembot

Adjective

android (comparative more android, superlative most android)

Possessing human qualities.

(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.

Anagrams

• Dinardo, Dorinda

Proper noun

Android

(computing, mobile phones) A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.

(computing, mobile phones) A mobile phone running on Android OS.

Anagrams

• Dinardo, Dorinda

Source: Wiktionary


An"droid, a.

Definition: Resembling a man.

An"droid, An*droi"des, n. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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