servo

noun

ser·​vo ˈsər-(ˌ)vō How to pronounce servo (audio)
plural servos

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The robot consists of some 400 parts and connectors, plus a main controller—unicorn brain—that receives data from a color sensor and sends instructions to the LED horn, a DC motor, and two servos. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2018 During the 1950s, the U.S. military was using magnetic amplifiers in automatic pilots, fire-control apparatus, servo systems, radar and sonar equipment, the RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missile, and many other roles. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2022 And having many more servos posed its own challenges. IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2020 The simplest of them, are little more than a machine gun on a tripod with a video camera and a servo motor. David Hambling, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for servo

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of servo was in 1910

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“Servo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/servo. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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