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Meaning of Servo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsɜː.vəʊ

Definitions

  1. A servomechanism.
  2. 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.
    Australia, New-Zealand
  3. A servomotor.

Equivalents

Italiano servo servo servo
Português servo

Examples

“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.”
“If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.”
“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.”
“Two hours later Susan pulled the Pajero off the road onto the floodlit apron of the servo at the end of the Bowen bypass.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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