Dictionary Definition
pilot
Noun
1 someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft
in flight [syn: airplane
pilot]
2 a person qualified to guide ships through
difficult waters going into or out of a harbor
3 a program exemplifying a contemplated series;
intended to attract sponsors [syn: pilot
program, pilot
film]
5 small auxiliary gas burner that provides a
flame to ignite a larger gas burner [syn: pilot
burner, pilot
light]
6 an inclined metal frame at the front of a
locomotive to clear the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher]
Verb
2 act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel
and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is
anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was
navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate]
User Contributed Dictionary
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English
Etymology
From Italian piloto, from Old Italian pedota, from Medieval πηδώτης (pēdōtēs) "helmsman, steersman", from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdon) "blade of an oar, oar" ], hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdalion), "rudder" [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2382894.Noun
Derived terms
Translations
controller of aircraft
- * Kurmanji: pîlot
- Arabic:
- Breton: loman
- Bulgarian: летец
- Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ (ganohilidohi)
- Chinese: 飞行员 (fēixíngyuán)
- Czech: pilot
- Danish: pilot
- Dutch: piloot
- Estonian: piloot
- Finnish: lentäjä, pilotti
- French: pilote
- German: Pilot , Flugzeugführer
- Greek: πιλότος (pilótos) , χειριστής (çiristís) (rare) , πλοηγός (ploigós) (rare) , κυβερνήτης (civernítis) (passenger aircraft only)
- Hungarian: pilóta
- Italian: pilota
- Japanese: パイロット (pairotto)
- Korean: 조종사 (jojongsa)
- Kurdish:
- Macedonian: пилот (pilot)
- Northern Sami: girdi
- Norwegian: pilot
- Polish: pilot
- Portuguese: piloto
- Russian: лётчик, пилот
- Spanish: piloto
- Swedish: pilot
helmsman
person who helps navigate the harbor or coast
- * Kurmanji: rêberê keştîyê
- Breton: loman , levier
- Chinese: 引水人 (yínshuǐrén), 引港 (yíngǎng)
- Dutch: loods
- Finnish: luotsi
- German: Lotse
- Greek: πηδαλιούχος (pidaliúkhos) , πλοηγός (ploigós)
- Kurdish:
- Norwegian: los
- Russian: лоцман (lótsman)
- Swedish: lots
sample TV series episode
- Finnish: koejakso
- Swedish: pilotavsnitt
Adjective
pilot- Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run, pilot plant)
- Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light)
- Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp")
Derived terms
Translations
used as indicator
- Finnish: merkki-
Verb
- To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
Translations
to control an aircraft or watercraft
to guide through coastal waters
to test
- Finnish: kokeilla, testata, pilotoida, demonstroida
Czech
Noun
Derived terms
Norwegian
Noun
- a pilot, controller of aircraft
Polish
Noun
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
- remote control
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
pilotePronunciation
/pi'lot/Noun
Extensive Definition
Pilot can refer to:
Occupations
- Aviator, in aviation, an Aircraft pilot is someone who controls an aircraft
- Maritime pilot, in shipping, someone who guides ships through the waters near a harbour or dangerous coastal waters. This is the original meaning.
Products and companies
- Ford Pilot, a car
- Honda Pilot, a Crossover SUV made by the Honda corporation.
- Honda Pilot (ATV), an all-terrain vehicle produced by Honda in 1989 and 1990.
- LDV Pilot, a mid-sized British van
- Palm Pilot, the name for the second generation of personal digital assistants sold by Palm Computing; the first generation was simply the "Pilot", though "PalmPilot" is often used as slang for PalmOS devices despite the fact that Palm no longer uses the trademark on its current products
- Pilot
Travel Centers, LLC, primarily sells over-the-road diesel fuel
- Pilot Corp. is 50% owner of Pilot Travel Centers, LLC
- Pilot (pen company), headquarters situated in Japan; one of the world's major manufacturers of pens
- Pilot (appliances)
Paper publications
- "Pilot" (short story) by Stephen Baxter
- The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, a historical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper
- The Virginian-Pilot, newspaper serving the Hampton Roads part of Virginia
- Pilot Magazine UK, a UK based General Aviation magazine
Film and television
- Pilot #5, a 1947 film
- Pilot (Farscape), a character in the science fiction television series Farscape.
- Television pilot, often called just a pilot, is a trial episode made to sell a television series. There are also countless series whose pilot episodes are titled "Pilot"
- Film pilot: a trial segment used to attract further financing for a film
- The Pilot, Part 1 and The Pilot, Part 2, the two episodes compromising Seinfeld's Season 4 finale
- Pilot Guides, a travel documentary and guide television series
Music
- Pilot (band), a pop rock group best known for their 1975 hit songs "Magic" and "January"
Biology
- Pilot fish, (Naucrates ductor), a small fish that often swims with sharks
- Pilot whale, a whale-like dolphin.
- Agkistrodon piscivorus, a.k.a. the cottonmouth; a venomous snake found in North America.
- Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, a.k.a. the northern copperhead, another venomous snake found in North America.
- Heterodon platirhinos, a non-venomous colubrid found in North America.
Computer science
- Pilot (operating system), operating system designed by Xerox PARC in 1970s
- PILOT, programming language
Others
- Pilot (experiment), a precursor to a full study
- Pilot light, a small outlet of gas kept continually burning and generally used to light the larger burners on the appliance
- Pilot signal, or pilot tone, in telecommunications, provided as a frequency or phase reference
- Pilot (locomotive), the device at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles (also known as a cowcatcher)
- Station pilot, a locomotive based at a major railway station for the purposes of shunting passenger coaches and vans
- Pilot (icebreaker), the first icebreaker, built in 1864
Acronyms
- PILOT programming language, in computer science
- PILOT (finance), in public finance, a payment in lieu of taxes
See also
- Pilate (disambiguation), a common misspelling
pilot in Czech: Pilot (rozcestník)
pilot in Danish: Pilot (flertydig)
pilot in German: Pilot (Begriffsklärung)
pilot in Spanish: Pilot
pilot in French: Pilote
pilot in Galician: Piloto
pilot in Korean: 파일럿
pilot in Italian: Pilot
pilot in Hebrew: פיילוט
pilot in Dutch: Pilot
pilot in Japanese: パイロット
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Gyropilot, aegis, aerialist, aeronaut, aeroplaner, aeroplanist, agent, air pilot, airman, airplanist, arm guard,
astronaut, auto, automatic pilot, aviator, backstop, barnstorm, barnstormer, be responsible
for, bellwether,
birdman, boatheader, boatsteerer, buffer, bulwark, bumper, captain, carry on, carry out,
carry through, charioteer, chart a course,
cicerone, cloud seeder,
commercial pilot, cond,
conduct, conductor, conn, conner, contraceptive, control, copilot, copyright, courier, cowherd, cox, coxswain, crash helmet,
crop-duster, cushion,
cut-and-try, dashboard, deal with, dean, direct, docking pilot, dodger, doyen, dragoman, drive, driver, drover, empirical, engineer, escort, experimental, face mask,
fender, finger guard,
flier, fly, foot guard, functionary, fuse, goatherd, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail, guide, guidepost, guider, hand guard, handle, handler, handrail, hard hat, have the
conn, helm, helmet, helmsman, herd, herdsman, heuristic, hit-or-miss, hold
the reins, instructor, insulation, interlock, jet jockey, knee
guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, lead, leader, licensed pilot, life
preserver, lifeline,
lightning conductor, lightning rod, make go, manage, maneuver, manipulate, manipulator, mask, mercury, motor, mudguard, navigate, navigator, nose guard,
operant, operate, operative, operator, pad, padding, palladium, patent, peel off, perform on,
play, pointer, practice, preventive, probationary, probative, probatory, prophylactic, protective
clothing, protective umbrella, proving, provisional, rainmaker, river pilot,
route, run, runner, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety
plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve,
sailing master, screen,
seat belt, see, see to,
shape a course, shepherd, shield, shin guard, show, solo, steer, steerer, steersman, stunt flier, stunt
man, sun helmet, take care of, take the helm, tentative, test, test pilot, testing, tool, tour director, tour guide,
trial, trial-and-error,
trying, umbrella, verificatory, wheel, wheelman, windscreen, windshield, wingman, work