Android

//ˈænˌdɹɔɪd// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
  2. 2
    A mobile phone running on Android OS.

    "Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds."

  3. 3
    an automaton that resembles a human being wordnet
  4. 4
    An artificial human.
  5. 5
    An operating system from Google for mobile devices wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Possessing human qualities.
  2. 2
    Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
  3. 3
    Characteristic of men.

    "an android fat distribution"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.

    "SL4A brings scripting languages to Android by allowing developers to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device, according to Google Labs."

Synonyms

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androidalapple-shapedhumanhumanoidmechanical manmechanoid

Antonyms

All antonyms
gynoid

Example

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"The development of applications for Android is possible from today."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

Etymology 2

See android.

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