Noun: automatic pilot ,o-tu'ma-tik 'pI-lut
- A navigational device that automatically keeps ships, planes or spacecraft on a steady course
"The pilot engaged the automatic pilot during the long-haul flight";
- autopilot, robot pilot
- 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";
- autopilot
Derived forms: automatic pilots
Type of: device, unconsciousness
Encyclopedia: Automatic pilot