Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A servomechanism.
- noun A servomotor.
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- noun Australia, New Zealand A
service station , being a place to buypetrol forcars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities. - noun A
servomechanism orservomotor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
- adjective of or involving servomechanisms
Etymologies
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Examples
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And this reporter finally had to ask one of the boys to define the word servo, just one of the jargon words the boys were throwing around as if they were long-time veterans of creating robots with an archeological bent.
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Ah well, the walk back netted me some water and a pie from the servo, which is essential at that part of the night.
Latest from PALGN 2009
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Stock Drive Products are designed for use where limited space and weight factors are important: such as servo drives to stylus or pen carriages in recorders and X-Y plotters, chart roll drives and counter drives.
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