servo

noun/ˈsɜrvoʊ/

Frequency rank: #14,401 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a small automatic device that uses feedback to control the position or speed of a mechanism.

Illustration for the English word “servo”

Example sentence

The robot's arm moved precisely because each joint was controlled by its own servo motor.

Synonyms & related words

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