AUTOPILOT

autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autopilot (countable and uncountable, plural autopilots)

(aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.

(by extension, figuratively) A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically

Verb

autopilot (third-person singular simple present autopilots, present participle autopiloting, simple past and past participle autopiloted)

(intransitive, of a vehicle) To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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