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cruise control

noun

Definitions

  1. A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or…

    A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.

    • The crash-involved truck driver had activated the vehicle’s traditional cruise control, which is only able to maintain a set speed and does not reduce that speed based on vehicles ahead.

  2. A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.

    • He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off.
    • Caps Lock is cruise control for cool; remember that for online conversations.

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Derived

adaptive cruise control, crawl control

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cruise control. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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