Autopilot

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  autopilot \autopilot\ n.
     a device that automatically keeps ships or planes or
     spacecraft on a steady course.
  
     Syn: automatic pilot.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  autopilot
       n 1: a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness;
            "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" [syn: {automatic pilot}]
       2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or
          planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: {automatic
          pilot}, {robot pilot}]