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Meanings of autopilot in English
A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course.
Synonyms
Examples for "automatic pilot"
Examples for "automatic pilot"
1
Langley suddenly poses a question that takes Sevillas's brain off automatic pilot.
2
The car was therefore on automatic pilot as it pulled in where ordered.
3
The founders provided no mechanism for a government to run on automatic pilot.
4
The units had barely been finished when a better automatic pilot was invented.
5
Mixing cookie dough was something she never did on automatic pilot.
1
I've got the robot pilot on, so we can leave the ship to itself.
2
The robot pilot registered that Kin was aboard, counted three seconds, and slid the door.
3
After feeding a course tape into the robot pilot, I strapped into the acceleration tank and went to sleep.
4
SK managed the entire rollout of this smart robot pilot and expects to include new partners as the programme expands.
5
The law in this part of space is not only strict, but also strictly geared to robot pilots.
Usage of autopilot in English
1
In Europe, the attitude seems to be a kind of Covid autopilot.
2
Goodfellow's assumed autopilot could not have taken the plane to either destination.
3
But this autopilot is only good for household chores, not household relationships.
4
The laptop interfaces with the jet's autopilot system, using a special coupler.
5
They were slowly moving south at idle speed, the helm on autopilot.
6
Anu read out their bearing and the autopilot suggested it take over.
7
The autopilot requested, and received, clearance to land at its preassigned base.
8
What do you mean, the autopilot is searching for the other ships?
9
But even stunned men can operate off of long-trained and conditioned autopilot.
10
He adjusted trim and reset the autopilot to track the river channel.
11
I am so blitzed and so unprepared that I go on autopilot.
12
Or, at least, an autopilot routine so the ship could fly itself.
13
You are in emotional survival mode and your mind is on autopilot.
14
But she was on autopilot now and couldn't have stopped herself anyway.
15
And because they may have to rebalance manually, instead of on autopilot.
16
Pair of shoes is all. Switching to autopilot, Dare lit a cigarette.
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Translations for autopilot
Russian
Portuguese
Catalan
Autopilot through the time
Autopilot across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common