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gynoid

/ˈɡaɪˌnɔɪd/

gynoid noun: an android (humanoid robot) in female form.

Noun

gynoid (plural gynoids)

  1. An android (humanoid robot) in female form.
    • She was obviously a skillful surgeon. She expertly cleaned and sterilized the gaping holes in the gynoid’s chest and back.2000, Thomas J. Sanders, God's Fire, Trafford Publishing, page 58
    • Purchased as sex toys, the gynoids are programmed to love and sexually serve male humans; the aberrant violence of one particular model, called "Hadaly," is a mystery to the company that manufactures them. They should not be able to kill humans, nor should they have any desire to commit suicide...2006, Sharalyn Orbagh, “5: Frankenstein and the Cyborg Metropolis: The Evolution of Body and City in Science Fiction Narratives”, in Steven T. Brown, editor, Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with...
    Synonyms:
    fembot, robotess

Adjective

gynoid (not comparable)

  1. Gynaecoid.
    • a gynoid fat distribution
    Antonyms:
    android
  2. Of, pertaining to or following the distribution pattern of the type of body fat, more prevalent in women, that forms around the hips, breasts and thighs and is relatively rich in the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids which are important in the development of foetuses.
    • The work intensity and duration was identical in android and gynoid obese women in this study, making it unlikely that energy expenditure in the training program was different in these two groups.1987, Richard J. Wurtman, Judith J. Wurtman, Human Obesity, New York Academy of Sciences, page 71
    • Alpha-receptors predominate in the lower body and are thus more abundant in the gynoid pattern.2008, Sharon Plowman, Denise Smith, Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness, and Performance, Benjamin Cummings, Wolters Kluwer, 2nd Edition, page 219

Examples of gynoid in a sentence

  • She is embodied as a bright blue feminized robot, much like the mechanized gynoids in the classic film Metropolis (1928).2013, Nickie D. Phillips, Staci Strobl, Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way, New York University Press, page 82:
  • As a result, measured ratios of estrogen to testosterone in women predict their ratios of gynoid fat to android fat (Singh, 1993, 1995, 2002a,b; Kirchengast et al., 1997).2008, Randy Thornhill, Steven W. Gangestad, The Evolutionary Biology of Human Female Sexuality, Oxford University Press, page 114:

Synonyms of gynoid

Antonyms

Forms of gynoid

pluralgynoids

Origin of gynoid

From gyno- + android.

Words formed from gynoid

  • gynoid pattern

Words that rhyme with gynoid

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Questions about gynoid

What does gynoid mean?
Gynoid means an android (humanoid robot) in female form.
How do you use gynoid in a sentence?
She is embodied as a bright blue feminized robot, much like the mechanized gynoids in the classic film Metropolis (1928).
What part of speech is gynoid?
Gynoid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce gynoid?
Gynoid is pronounced /ˈɡaɪˌnɔɪd/.
What is the plural of gynoid?
The plural of gynoid is gynoids.

Words near gynoid in the dictionary

  1. gynogenetic
  2. gynogenetically
  3. gynogens
  4. gynography
  5. gynohaploid
  6. gynoid
  7. gynoidal
  8. gynoids
  9. gynolatric
  10. gynolatrous
  11. gynolatry

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