servo
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
servo (plural servos)
- A servomechanism or servomotor.
- 2003, Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v9Vkqp4tFEEC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%22servo%22|%22servos%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=VXYb8_Cvgp&sig=ydGbIdLkj7lnv77yarRpiuWSQp8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdtAUNS3HO27iAfJ04CwCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22servo%22|%22servos%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 45],
- A Lockheed Type 6 remote servo adds a 1.9 multiplier to the pedal pressures and, at about £140, is rather cheaper than all the Girling single line remote servos I′ve seen advertised.
- 2004, Myke Predko, 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qq0CVfcAktUC&pg=PA300&lpg=PA300&dq=%22servo%22|%22servos%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=Wne_LBNfia&sig=jv2FLTJm7p1UP8RfDUKP3B4Abto&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdtAUNS3HO27iAfJ04CwCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22servo%22|%22servos%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 300],
- If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.
- 2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_fcYstm9LMkC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=%22servo%22|%22servos%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=tY8PRqkord&sig=MFNYXuo19NOS9hdQ7hcD7uhnXo0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdtAUNS3HO27iAfJ04CwCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22servo%22|%22servos%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 95],
- The servo is an autonomic element of a control system: Setting a desired value of an output parameter makes a servo do its job independently of other factors as long as the specified value remains constant.
- 2003, Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=v9Vkqp4tFEEC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%22servo%22|%22servos%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=VXYb8_Cvgp&sig=ydGbIdLkj7lnv77yarRpiuWSQp8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdtAUNS3HO27iAfJ04CwCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22servo%22|%22servos%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 45],
servo (servos, present participle servoing; past and past participle servoed)
- To control by means of a servocontrol
servo (plural servos)
- (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
- Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio item, 3 June 2005 [https://web.archive.org/web/20071117093539/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1654443.htm]
- 2008, Roz Hopkins, Pumped, page 12 ↗,
- Crude oil is purchased in US dollars, so the price of the petrol at your local servo is heavily influenced by the rate of exchange between the greenback and the Aussie dollar.
- 2011 July 16, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717162432/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9858651/beechboro-servo-bandit-escapes-with-cash/ Beechboro servo bandit escapes with cash], The West Australian.
- 2011 July 17, Teen arrested over servo robbery ↗, Illawarra Mercury.
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