Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for servo. Search instead for servos.

servo

1 American  
[sur-voh] / ˈsɜr voʊ /

adjective

  1. acting as part of a servomechanism.

    servo amplifier.

  2. pertaining to or having to do with servomechanisms.

    servo engineer.

  3. 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.

noun

plural

servos

  1. Informal. servomechanism.

verb (used with object)

servoed, servoing

  1. to connect (a mechanism) to another as a servomechanism.

servo- 2 American  

  1. a combining form used in the names of devices or operations that employ a servomechanism.

    servocontrol.
servo 1 British  
/ ˈsɜːvəʊ /

adjective

  1. (prenominal) of, relating to, forming part of, or activated by a servomechanism

    servo brakes
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. informal short for servomechanism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
servo 2 British  
/ ˈsɜːvəʊ /

noun

  1. informal a service station

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of servo1

1945–50; independent use of servo-, taken as an adj., or shortening of words formed with it

Origin of servo-2

Extracted from servomotor

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge The ankle provides the clearest views of one of the 27 servo motors that power Optimus.

From The Verge • Aug. 13, 2021

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

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

"Essendo carestia e de' buoni giudici e di belle donne, io mi servo di certa idea che mi viene alla mente."

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.