adaptive cruise control

noun

: a system in an automobile that can automatically adjust the settings of the cruise control in response to external driving conditions

Jaguar's adaptive cruise control … tracks the speed and position of the car in the lane ahead and automatically adjusts the speed to keep a safe time interval.

—Bruce McCall

Examples of adaptive cruise control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Safety Toyota's Safety Sense 3.0 suite is standard across all trims including features like adaptive cruise control, lane departure alert, and pre-collision systems. —Josh Max, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Safety Standard features include Volvo's Pilot Assist for semi-autonomous driving, adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, and a 360-degree camera system, and more. —Josh Max, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025

But Autopilot is at its core a driver-assist system, essentially a fancy adaptive cruise control. —Brad Templeton, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025

The art of building a better mousetrap can be as simple as putting calculators on our smartphones or as complex as adaptive cruise control on our cars. —Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adaptive cruise control

• amphibole
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• buttonhole
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