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roboticist

roboticist noun: one who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.

Noun

roboticist (plural roboticists)

  1. One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.
    • Johnson is an expert Roboticist.1940 September, Isaac Asimov, “Strange Playfellow”, in Super Science Stories, volume 1, number 4, page 70

Forms of roboticist

pluralroboticists

Origin of roboticist

Coined by Isaac Asimov in 1940. robot + -ic + -ist. Coined in his short story "Robbie" (initially published under the title "Strange Playfellow").

Questions about roboticist

What does roboticist mean?
Roboticist means one who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.
What part of speech is roboticist?
Roboticist is a noun.
What is the plural of roboticist?
The plural of roboticist is roboticists.

Words near roboticist in the dictionary

  1. roboticised
  2. roboticises
  3. roboticising
  4. roboticism
  5. roboticisms
  6. roboticist
  7. roboticists
  8. roboticity
  9. roboticization
  10. roboticize
  11. roboticized

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