android

[an-droid] /ˈæn drɔɪd/
noun
1.
an automaton in the form of a human being.
Origin
1720-30; < Neo-Latin androīdēs. See andr-, -oid
Examples from the web for android
  • All of these would require me to trundle along a magazine which takes up space, but my android phone resolves that.
  • android skins may be slow and tacky, but phone makers continue to use them.
  • android phones, for instance, hardly ever get security updates.
  • Until the android troopers showed up, nobody ever got shot, nobody was ever killed.
  • If she was an android, only the captain's advanced skills would do, usually.
British Dictionary definitions for android

android

/ˈændrɔɪd/
noun
1.
(in science fiction) a robot resembling a human being
adjective
2.
resembling a human being
Word Origin
C18: from Late Greek androeidēs manlike; see andro-, -oid

Android

/ˈændrɔɪd/
noun
1.
trademark a software package for smartphones, including many application programs
2.
a smartphone that uses this software
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.

android in Medicine

android an·droid (ān'droid')
adj.
Possessing human features and form.