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au⋅to⋅pi⋅lot

  [aw-toh-pahy-luht]
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–noun
automatic pilot.
Origin:
auto- 3 + pilot
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automatic pilot

 
–noun
1. Aeronautics. an airborne electronic control system that automatically maintains a preset heading and attitude. Also called automatic, autopilot, gyropilot, robot.
—Idiom
2. on automatic pilot, functioning in an unthinking or reflexive manner.
Origin:
1915–20
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au·to·pi·lot   (ô'tō-pī'lət)   
n.  Automatic pilot.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

autopilot 
1935, from auto- + pilot (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia

autopilot

device for controlling an aircraft or other vehicle without constant human intervention.

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