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Adjective: servo  sur-vow
  1. Of or involving servomechanisms
    "servo systems are crucial in modern robotics";
    - servomechanical
Noun: servo  sur-vow
  1. Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
    "The robotic arm used a servo to achieve precise movements";
    - servomechanism, servosystem
     
  2. [Austral, informal] A station where petrol and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles
    "They stopped at a servo to refuel and check the oil";
    - service station
     
  3. An automatic device that uses error-sensing feedback to correct the performance of a mechanism
    "servos are commonly used in robotics for precise control";
    - servomotor

Derived forms: servos

Type of: control system, station

Encyclopedia: Servo, Tom