AUTOMATIC PILOT


Meaning of AUTOMATIC PILOT in English

1. Aeron. an airborne electronic control system that automatically maintains a preset heading and attitude. Also called automatic, autopilot, gyropilot, robot .

2. on automatic pilot , functioning in an unthinking or reflexive manner.

[ 1915-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .