automatic 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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automatic pilot
n.

A navigation mechanism, as on an aircraft, that automatically maintains a preset course. Also called robot pilot.
A state of mind in which one acts without deliberate effort or self-awareness: "men who are, sexually speaking, on automatic pilot" (Gloria Steinem).

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automatic pilot

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

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