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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.
2. on automatic pilot, functioning in an unthinking or reflexive manner.

Origin:
1915–20
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