android
an automaton in the form of a human being.
Origin of android
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How to use android in a sentence
Over 2,000 people were quizzed on their attitudes toward androids—with less than favorable results.
Poll Finds 1 in 5 People Would Have Sex With a Robot | Charlotte Lytton | May 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOperating systems with sophisticated voices, talking computers, robots, androids—the future in those realms is boundless.
Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Her’ Performance Deserves Oscar Love | Kevin Fallon | December 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt feels bizarrely out of place, and the horde of modish Angelenos decide to capture it on their iPhones and Androids.
Paris Hilton's Trippy Los Angeles Release Party For Her Single With Lil Wayne | Jean Trinh | October 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLog line: Thirty-five years in the future, cops are paired with humanlike androids to fight crime.
Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows | Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are androids—the brainchild of a neighbor who moved to Stepford from Anaheim, where he designed animatronics at Disneyland.
American Dreams: ‘The Stepford Wives’ by Ira Levin | Nathaniel Rich | August 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The androids were physically perfect, flesh meeting flesh, clinging to it, thrilling with it.
Ripeness is All | Jesse RoarkeWith the obvious source of the androids logically deduced, there was only his own defensive procedures to be considered.
Ten From Infinity | Paul W. FairmanAccording to Brent Taber, these androids are men, to all intents and purposes, but they're manufactured.
Ten From Infinity | Paul W. FairmanOne of the androids had been found in the East River with its throat slit and a broken leg.
Ten From Infinity | Paul W. FairmanYou said yourself that the androids probably possessed extraordinary powers.
Ten From Infinity | Paul W. Fairman
British Dictionary definitions for android (1 of 2)
/ (ˈændrɔɪd) /
(in science fiction) a robot resembling a human being
resembling a human being
Origin of android
1British Dictionary definitions for Android (2 of 2)
/ (ˈændrɔɪd) /
trademark a software package for smartphones, including many application programs
a smartphone that uses this software
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