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Definition of Servo
1. Adjective. Of or involving servomechanisms.
2. Noun. Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system.
Definition of Servo
1. Noun. A servomechanism or servomotor. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia NZ) Abbreviation of service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Servo
1. an automatic device used to control another mechanism [n -VOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Servo
Literary usage of Servo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Robot Manipulators: Mathematics, Programming, and Control : the Computer by Richard P. Paul (1981)
"... do begin servo with rx do begin servo with ry do begin servo with rz do begin
servo =position =position ^position =position =position =position ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"We'll ride you all your lives ; Your daughters, too, and wives, Shall servo us
in our need. And teach our girls to read ! Hats off ! hats off ! ..."
3. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"... to the alliance iu such terms as will servo fully to defeat every expectation
of sowing the seeds of division between the United States and France. ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1838)
"... whose pride and pleasure it will be, to servo the interests of his countrymen ;
and all who may have occasion to lest his business qualities, ..."