autopilot
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See also: Autopilot
English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]autopilot (countable and uncountable, plural autopilots)
- (aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.
- I set the autopilot to due south, so I could get some rest.
- (by extension, figuratively) A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically.
- I've been doing this 12 hours non-stop, and am so hungry and tired that I've stopped thinking: I'm now on autopilot.
- 2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian[1]:
- But while the wackiness gets exasperating fast (a running joke about Hazel’s father, played by Ray Romano on autopilot, having a sex doll for a wife is even unfunnier than it sounds), Milioti works overtime to keep us invested.
Related terms
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[edit]guiding system
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state of mind
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Verb
[edit]autopilot (third-person singular simple present autopilots, present participle autopiloting, simple past and past participle autopiloted)
- (intransitive, of a vehicle) To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically.
See also
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]auto- + pilot, from English autopilot
Noun
[edit]autopilot m (definite singular autopiloten, indefinite plural autopiloter, definite plural autopilotene)
References
[edit]- “autopilot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]auto- + pilot, from English autopilot
Noun
[edit]autopilot m (definite singular autopiloten, indefinite plural autopilotar, definite plural autopilotane)
References
[edit]- “autopilot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From auto- + pilot. First attested in 1927.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]autopilot m animal
- (aviation, nautical, navigation, technology) autopilot
- Synonym: automatyczny pilot
Declension
[edit]Declension of autopilot
singular | plural | |
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nominative | autopilot | autopiloty |
genitive | autopilota | autopilotów |
dative | autopilotowi | autopilotom |
accusative | autopilota | autopiloty |
instrumental | autopilotem | autopilotami |
locative | autopilocie | autopilotach |
vocative | autopilocie | autopiloty |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- autopilot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- autopilot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French autopilote.
Noun
[edit]autopilot m (plural autopiloți)
Declension
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | autopilot | autopilotul | autopiloți | autopiloții | |
genitive-dative | autopilot | autopilotului | autopiloți | autopiloților | |
vocative | autopilotule | autopiloților |
Swedish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]autopilot c
- an autopilot
Declension
[edit]Declension of autopilot
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- en:Aviation
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- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with auto-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Aviation
- nb:Nautical
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with auto-
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Aviation
- nn:Nautical
- Polish terms prefixed with auto-
- Polish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/ilɔt
- Rhymes:Polish/ilɔt/4 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- pl:Aviation
- pl:Nautical
- pl:Navigation
- pl:Technology
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- Swedish terms prefixed with auto-
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns