English-Dutch translations for autopilot

• automatische piloot
  De oorzaak daarvan is steeds dat die vrachtwagens met cruise control rijden, dat is een soort automatische piloot waardoor men kan rijden zonder de voeten op de pedalen te houden. The cause is always those lorries using cruise control, which is a kind of autopilot enabling drivers to drive without keeping their feet on the pedals.
  Het is noodzakelijk meer te doen dan alleen onze retoriek op de automatische piloot te zetten en te verwijzen naar de fundamentele beginselen van de mensenrechten, enzovoorts. There is a need to do more than putting our rhetoric on autopilot – referring to basic principles of human rights and so on.

Definition of autopilot

• A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being
• A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one's actions, but acts mechanically
• To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically

Examples

• I set the autopilot to due south, so I could get some rest.
• Ive been doing this 12 hours non-stop, and am so hungry and tired that Ive stopped thinking: Im now on autopilot

Related words

• autopsy
• nautophone
• autophobia
• autoprotolysis
• autophone
• autopoiesis
• autophagy
• autoplasty
• autophagosome