android
pronunciation
How to pronounce android in British English:
UK [ˈændrɔɪd]
How to pronounce android in American English:
US [ˈændrɔɪd]
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- Noun:
- an automaton that resembles a human being
Word Origin
- android (n.)
- "automaton resembling a human being," 1837, in early use often in reference to automated chess players, from Modern Latin androides (itself attested as a Latin word in English from 1727), from Greek andro- "male" (see andro-) + -eides "form, shape" (see -oid). Greek androdes meant "like a man, manly;" compare also Greek andrias "image of a man, statue." Listed as "rare" in OED 1st edition (1879), popularized from c. 1951 by science fiction writers.
Example
- 1. Google maps for android keeps getting better and better .
- 2. So an inexpensive linux-based google android or intel moblin should work fairly well with smartbooks .
- 3. Android has never felt the same way .
- 4. Android on a mainstream digital camera ?
- 5. Find any good android apps lately ?