Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A motor that controls the action of the mechanical device in a servomechanism.
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- noun An electric
motor in aservomechanism , especially one which incorporates feedback so it accurately positions the device.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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In the Tiguan, the ball nut is driven by a servomotor, which is linked to the ball-screw drive via a belt.
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Fausto was pumping dance music straight through her skintenna, but that was silent to the world outside, and Tally heard every servomotor twitch in her new ceramic bones.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Can you imagine the "thrill" as one faintly hears the servomotor on a little robot arm pick up a rock on Mars?
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Its customizable cylinder, which can handle up to 150 pounds, contains a GPS unit and servomotor for steering the parachute to a drop site up to 2 miles away.
Special Delivery: Stara's Mosquito Air-Drops Right on Target 2008
oroboros commented on the word servomotor
According to Chris Cole in Wordplay, the longest sequence of repeated dashes in Morse code for a common word. See motto.
June 2, 2008