[syn: autopilot, automatic pilot, robot pilot]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
autopilot \autopilot\ n.
a device that automatically keeps ships or planes or
spacecraft on a steady course.
Syn: automatic pilot.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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, autopilot]
2: a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or
planes or spacecraft on a steady course [syn: autopilot,
automatic pilot, robot pilot]