| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A navigation mechanism, as on an aircraft, that automatically maintains a preset course. Also called robot pilot. 2. A state of mind in which one acts without deliberate effort or self-awareness: “men who are, sexually speaking, on automatic pilot” (Gloria Steinem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellion 1986 Signet Books).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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