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How to pronounce servo in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms servomechanism, servosystem
Type of control system
Type Words
Synonyms servomechanical

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He contributed mainly to the electronics and servo technology of the video disc.
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Abbreviations are rife, like servo for a service station and arvo for afternoon.
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The machine uses three servo motors to offer a movement motion based simulation.
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Stepper motors or servo motors are typically employed to move the extrusion head.
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Other times it's the Michelin-starred meal that winds up being a servo hot dog.
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The servo action required is not a steady affair, but a successive approximation.
From the newscientist.com
Fast, precise servo motors position tools and work in modern CNC machine tools.
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He is now working on novel servo mechanisms, the basic building blocks for robots.
From the economist.com
Under normal drive use, the actuator was under the servo control of the drive.
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More examples
  • Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
  • Servomechanical: of or involving servomechanisms
  • (Servos) A servomechanism, or servo is an automatic device that uses error-sensing feedback to correct the performance of a mechanism. The term correctly applies only to systems where the feedback or error-correction signals help control mechanical position or other parameters. ...
  • A servomechanism or servomotor; 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
  • (Servos) The radio components that do the physical work in an airplane, by moving rods that are connected to various parts of the plane.
  • When a controller changes a process variable to move the process variable in response to a setpoint change, it is called a servo.
  • The electro-mechanical device which moves the control surfaces or throttle of the airplane according to commands from the receiver. The radio device which does the physical work inside the airplane.
  • The "muscle" behind many animatronic movements. A rotary actuator consisting of a motor, circuit board, potentiometer, and gear train. Receives an electronic position signal from an input device and "sends" the output arm to that position. ...
  • This is a term used to describe the electronic control systems of the VCR which keep the head and capstan motors running in correct synchronisation.