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Automatic Pilot

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Noun

1. automatic pilot, autopilot

a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness

Example Sentences:
'she went about her chores on automatic pilot'
'too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot'
'she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot'

2. automatic pilot, autopilot, robot pilot

a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Automatic Pilot

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noun
1. Also called: autopilot
a device that automatically maintains an aircraft on a preset course
2.  on automatic pilot

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Automatic Pilot

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a gyroscopic instrument that automatically keeps an aircraft, missile, etc. to a predetermined course and attitude

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Automatic Pilot

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

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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