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Meaning:
Adjective:
- 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")
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Noun:
- A pilot light.
- aviation A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- now|_|rare A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- nautical A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- nautical A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- rail transport A cowcatcher.
- television A sample episode of a proposed TV series
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Verb:
- transitive To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- transitive To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- transitive To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
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