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

Even so, autonomous tech is becoming increasingly common in both commercial and private vehicles — think anti-lock brakes, adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking, lane assist, camera systems … the list goes on and on. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025

Forward and rear automatic braking, blind-sense and cross-traffic alerts, surround-view cameras, and lane-centering adaptive cruise control are all standard. —New Atlas, 22 June 2025

Happily, even the base Murano is loaded up with blind-spot warning and intervention, rear automatic braking, forward collision warning, parking sensors, lane keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control. —Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

This is a hands-on lane centering and adaptive cruise control system that has been on the Leaf for several years already. —Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1988, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for adaptive cruise control

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