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Definition of Robot

1. Noun. A mechanism that can move automatically.

Definition of Robot

1. Noun. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions. ¹

3. Noun. A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks, especially one which can be programmed. ¹

4. Noun. (South Africa) A traffic light. ¹

5. Noun. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew. ¹

6. Noun. A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Robot

1. a humanlike machine that performs various functions [n -S] : ROBOTIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robot

Literary usage of Robot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"13* l, 15» 16, 16«= 4, 27» 25, 31» 8, Ml. 46" 28, 29 (MS. robo i n-), 54a 29, 54e 2 (robot], 103b 8, 122b 16, 125» 6, 6, 3, Sg. 176b 2, 211» 10, ..."

2. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"... CHAPTER NINE An Infatuation With Androids In which the author challenges a paranoid robot to a debate on mind control. The central issue is quality. ..."

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