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servomechanism

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servusder. English servo- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)der. New Latin mechanismuslbor. English mechanism English servomechanism From servo- + mechanism.

  1. derived from mechanism English servomechanism From servo- + mechanism
  2. derived from mechanismuslbor
  3. derived from servo- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der
  4. derived from *serwos Latin servusder✻
  5. derived from *ser-der✻

Definitions

  1. A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of…

    A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback.

  2. Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for servomechanism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA