Talk:Android (disambiguation)/@comment-29648466-20161027144352

"Android"

'an,droid

noun

1. (in science fiction) a robot with a human appearance

synonyms: robor, automaton, cyborg, droid, bot - "a space station run by androids"

Although 17 & 18 were humans before and Arale may have not ever been a human is irrelevant, as the definition does not take into consideration any biological attributes. Thus, Arale is an android as well because she is in fact, a robor - with a human appearance.