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servo

[sur-voh]

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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.

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noun

Informal. servomechanism.

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verb (used with object)

to connect (a mechanism) to another as a servomechanism.

Origin:
1945–50; independent use of servo-, taken as an adj., or shortening of words formed with it

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a combining form used in the names of devices or operations that employ a servomechanism: servocontrol.

Origin:
extracted from servomotor

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servo¹ (ˈsɜːvəʊ)

—*adj*
1.	(prenominal) of, relating to, forming part of, or activated by a servomechanism: servo brakes

—n , -vos
2.	informal short for servomechanism

[see servomotor]

servo² (ˈsɜːvəʊ)

—n , pl -vos
	informal (Austral) a service station

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Word Origin & History

servo

1910, from servo-motor (1889), from Fr. servo-moteur (1873), ult. from L. servus "slave" (see serve) + motor "mover" (see motor).

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