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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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