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ap | pilot |

As a verb ap

is to approach, to get close, to be next to, to be close to, to press against, to stand against.

As a noun pilot is

pilot.

ap

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (en-initialism)
  • (accounting) accounts payable
  • (aviation) Atlantic Pacific - (Global Indicator used for air fare calculations)
  • (banking) automatic payment
  • (computing) access point
  • (media)
  • (military) anti-personnel
  • (military) armor-piercing
  • (military, US) Armed Forces in the Pacific (USPS abbreviation code)
  • * {{quote-news, title=Shipping to soldiers for the holidays, work=Stuttgart (Arkansas) Daily Leader, author=Bill Shrum, date=October 29, year=2010?, passage=• APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec.10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
  • *:• APO/FPO AA ZIP 340 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
  • *:• APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.}}
  • (military, US, Navy) Auxiliary Provisions - a naval transport
  • (US)
  • (US) American plan (hotel rate type)
  • (India) Andhra Pradesh

    • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (grammar, sentence parsing) adjective phrase; adverbial phrase (Note: to disambiguate, one can use the abbreviations AdjP and AdvP instead.)
  • (politics, Brasil) , a state of Brazil.

    • See also

    * (military) HE, AT

    Anagrams

    * ----

    pilot

    English

    (wikipedia pilot)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
    • (Dryden)
  • 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.
  • An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  • (AU, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
  • (AU, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  • A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
  • * 1834 , , A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett , E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
    • So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots .
  • Something serving as a test or trial.
    • We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program city-wide.
    The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
  • A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
  • A sample episode of a proposed TV series
  • (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
  • A pilot light.
  • One who flies a kite.
  • * 2003 , John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage , page 31:
    • Julia has become quite a good kite pilot . She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.

    Derived terms

    * autopilot * bush pilot * copilot * hangar pilot * Palm Pilot * pilot fish * pilot whale * test pilot

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run'', ''pilot plant )
  • Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light)
  • A vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination. (pilot vehicle )
  • Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp")

    • Derived terms

    * pilot experiment * pilot hole * pilot light * pilot version

    Verb

    (en 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.)