- a device in an aircraft or a ship that keeps it on a fixed course without the need for a person to control itTopics Transport by waterc1, Transport by airc1
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See autopilot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe on autopilot
- to do something without thinking because you have done the same thing many times before
- I got up and dressed on autopilot.
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