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Autopilot   /ˈɔtoʊpˌaɪlət/   Listen
Autopilot

noun
1.
A cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness.  Synonym: 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.
A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course.  Synonyms: automatic pilot, robot pilot.





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"Autopilot" Quotes from Famous Books



... up at him quickly, and grinned. "I can put her down," he said. "That's what I'm here for. I—like to think maybe I'll get to do it, that's all. I can't think that with the autopilot blasting out an 'on course'." He punched the veering-jet controls. It served men perfectly. The ship ignored him, homed on the beam. The ship computed velocity, altitude, gravity, magnetic polarization, windage; used and ...
— Breaking Point • James E. Gunn


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