androgyny

• androgony

From andro- +‎ -gyny. See androgynous.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒdʒəni/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/

androgyny (usually uncountable, plural androgynies)

1. Hermaphroditism.
2. The state of having traits of both male and female genders. [from the mid 19th century]
3. The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin Books (2001), page 297:

     ‘I like short hair on girls. I like that androgyny thing.’

4. The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
   • 2003, Wigbert Fehse, Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335:

     […] it is obvious that the idea of androgyny of docking/berthing interfaces […]

• androgynous
• gynandry