Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A feedback system that consists of a sensing element, amplifier, and servomotor, used in the automatic control of a mechanical device.
- noun A self-regulating feedback system or mechanism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an electronically controlled mechanical or hydraulic device permitting a large action or strong forces to be controlled by a small electrical signal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
system whichcontrols motion automatically usingfeedback .
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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In just a split second the robots were reduced to a sparking pile of crushed and mangled components, the occasional twitching servomechanism the only indication of any life.
The Overload Protocol Mark Walden 2009
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In just a split second the robots were reduced to a sparking pile of crushed and mangled components, the occasional twitching servomechanism the only indication of any life.
The Overload Protocol Mark Walden 2009
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C. Shaw developed a sensing device, controlled by a servomechanism, for a milling machine.
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Next, a somehow tired humming sound, as of a very old servomechanism being called into use one final time, began to whine its way into their ears.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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The "Internet Dog Feeder" consists of an ioBridge and a continuously-rotating servomechanism controlled via a web interface consisting of a video camera that shows your dog's bowl and "Feed Dog" and "Stop Feeding Dog" hyperlinks.
CrunchGear 2009
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But don’t sprain a servomechanism hurrying, old friend.
Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981
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"When a spaceship goes down to the Jovian surface, it's a radio-controlled job; it leaks like a sieve, to equalize pressure, but otherwise it's the sturdiest, most utterly powerful model ever designed; it's loaded with every instrument, every servomechanism, every safety device the human mind has yet thought up to protect a million-dollar hunk of precision equipment.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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