robot
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From both Czech robota meaning "drudgery" or "servitude" and from Slovak robota meaning "labour". First appeared in a translation of the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹəʊbɒt/
- rō'bət, /ˈrəʊbət/, /"r@Ubət/
- rō'bŏt", /ˈrəʊˌbɒt/, /"r@U%bQt/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Noun
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robot (plural robots)
- A mechanical or virtual, artificial agent.
- An electro-mechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
- A machine which is anthropomorphic or zoomorphic in shape or scope of function.
- A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
- Being a robot, Jessica chose to wear a casual pair of shorts to the funeral and didn't even cry.
- (South Africa) Traffic lights.
- (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot
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[edit] Translations
mechanical or virtual, artificial agent
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[edit] See also
[edit] Czech
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robot m.
[edit] Slovene
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robot m. (dual robota, plural roboti)
[edit] Spanish
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robot m. (plural robots)
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robot c.
[edit] Turkish
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robot
- robot
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | robot | robotlar |
| accusative | robotu | robotları |
| dative | robota | robotlara |
| locative | robotta | robotlarda |
| ablative | robottan | robotlardan |
| genitive | robotun | robotların |

