acting as part of a servomechanism.
servo amplifier.
pertaining to or having to do with servomechanisms.
servo engineer.
noting the action of certain mechanisms, as brakes, that are set in operation by other mechanisms but which themselves augment the force of that action by the way in which they operate.
1945–50; independent use of servo-, taken as an adj., or shortening of words formed with it
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A key component of that system is a servo motor that moves the rudder as commanded, made by Collins Aerospace, a unit of aerospace giant RTX, formerly known as Raytheon.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
What goes up must come down — and hard, when dealing with a 95-pound hunk of 3D printed plastics, aluminum, sensors, microprocessors and servo motors catapulted dozens of feet above ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021
In late 2018, a Japanese YouTube channel called Human Controller even developed its own self-solving Rubik’s cube using a 3D-printed core attached to programmable servo motors.
From The Verge • Oct. 15, 2019
A combination of extreme maneuvering, high speed, weight and altitude also can lead to a phenomenon known as servo transparency, he said.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2018
The big servo was too intent on what he was doing for us to register on his photons.
From The Love of Frank Nineteen by Knight, David Carpenter
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