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servo
1[ sur-voh ]
adjective
- 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.
noun
- Informal. servomechanism.
verb (used with object)
- to connect (a mechanism) to another as a servomechanism.
servo-
2- a combining form used in the names of devices or operations that employ a servomechanism:
servocontrol.
servo
1/ ˈɜːəʊ /
adjective
- prenominal of, relating to, forming part of, or activated by a servomechanism
servo brakes
noun
- informal.short for servomechanism
servo
2/ ˈɜːəʊ /
noun
- informal.a service station
Word History and Origins
Origin of servo1
Origin of servo2
Word History and Origins
Origin of servo1
Example Sentences
For the adult Ochi, Adrian Parish of Nolan’s team designed animatronics heads with about 30 servos in them that were worn by suit performers.
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.
As they’re hopping in the car, one of the guys says, “Oh, we’re going down the servo,” which is like the service station, the gas station.
They can’t get a robotic servo thing that’s going to lift something up, but if it’s made out of cardboard and it’s got light bulbs in it, then yeah, sure.
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.
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