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android | mecha |

As a proper noun android

is a mobile operating system (os) based on the linux kernel and currently developed by google.

As a noun mecha is

(anime|manga) a large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.

android

English

(wikipedia android)

Alternative forms

* androides (dated)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A robot that is designed to look and act like a human (usually male)

    • Derived terms

    * droid

    Hypernyms

    * robot

    Hyponyms

    * gynoid, fembot

    See also

    * cyborg

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Possessing human qualities

    • Anagrams

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    mecha

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
  • * 1997 , Helen McCarthy, The anime movie guide
    • Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.
  • * 2002 , Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation
    • A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.
  • * 2006 , Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki
    • Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...
  • * 2007 , Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire
    • Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.
  • * 2007 , Robin E. Brenner, Understanding manga and anime (page 170)
  • * 2011 , Kensuke Okabayashi, Manga For Dummies (page 275)
    • In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.

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