Definition of android in US English: android
noun 1 (in science fiction) a robot with a human appearance.
‘a space station inhabited only by androids’
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‘At times, she had even put herself in serious jeopardy just to stop a android criminal.’ ‘And if androids really do resemble people eventually, then to make a reasonable decision in real time they will still need emotions.’ ‘One such story sees a man fall in love with an android who cannot love him back.’ ‘He thought androids more conscientious, and convenient than the humans.’ ‘Most science-fiction writers have kept the distinction between android and robot fairly clear.’ ‘The android stalked over on stubby legs and stopped next to Glenn's chair.’ ‘Blogs will transform the human race into a hyper intelligent race of androids able to travel through time and shoot laser beams from their eyes!’ ‘The androids hacked the little plastic grenade launcher into small pieces and bound Leslie with so many chains that only her eyes were visible.’ ‘Ishiguro reckons it might one day be possible to construct an android which passes for human, but only briefly.’ ‘Meet the robot lobster and the android that not only smiles, frowns and blinks but also recognizes people and talks back.’ ‘In the simplest, we have robots or androids who can think but who cannot feel joy, grief, guilt or jealousy.’ ‘The future is always depicted as a place where a technical fix has gone wrong, where androids stalk a devastated urban landscape.’ ‘At about a mile from the house I stopped, knowing the android would be close behind.’ ‘Kinski is about to bring to life a female android as a replacement for Max when he picks up three criminals on the run and the plot kicks off.’ ‘Smith plays Detective Del Spooner, who goes on the trail of an android suspected of murder.’ ‘The wall of fire quickly spread and encircled the androids while giving cover to the retreating humans.’ ‘Modern Science Fiction abounds with intelligent robots and androids, both good and bad.’ ‘The science fiction fascination with robots and androids is the culmination of this perception of machines as being almost like one of us.’ ‘The androids and robots were confused and scampered down corridors, knocking into things.’ ‘The twist is that he is an android, living in a society in which the population is strictly controlled.’ 2 trademark An open-source operating system used for smartphones and tablet computers.
as modifier ‘I have an Android phone and I like it a lot’
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‘The second mouse button on an Android tablet should behave exactly the same as the second mouse button on every other OS in existence.’ ‘The Android tablet hardware isn't that different so they could have something out quickly for another billion or two.’ ‘There have been 4.5 billion Android app downloads.’ ‘So we will see lots of different people making Androids and making Android apps.’ ‘I'm less rigorous with using only free software on my Android phone than on my desktop.’ Origin Early 18th century: from modern Latin androides, from andro- + -oid.
Pronunciation android /ˈænˌdrɔɪd/ /ˈanˌdroid/