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Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power
Answer for the clue "Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power ", 14 letters:
servomechanism
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system [syn: servo , servosystem ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Servomechanism \Ser`vo*mech"an*ism\, n. an electronically controlled mechanical or hydraulic device permitting a large action or strong forces to be controlled by a small electrical signal.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 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. (R:Merriam Webster Online) 2 Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A servomechanism , sometimes shortened to servo , is an automatic device that uses error-sensing negative feedback to correct the performance of a mechanism and is defined by its function. It usually includes a built-in encoder . A servomechanism is sometimes ...
Usage examples of servomechanism.
An electrohydraulic servomechanism is responsible for each degree of freedom.
We turned off all the lights and all the servomechanisms that click and queak and we went up to the sun deck to enjoy the September night, enjoy a half moon roving through cloud layers, enjoy a smell of rain on the winds.
Computer implants moved servomechanisms in dead limbs, and men and women who had fallen nobly in battle were raised again against their wishes to fight in the name of Shub.
Even with the servomechanisms to help, the hard suit was heavy and clumsy, not designed for running in.
He stomped back and forth, carrying the heaviest weights he could find, his servomechanisms barely whining.
Kloofman leaned heavily forward, straining himself half out of the tank, causing the servomechanisms within his body to whine in tinny protest.
The servomechanism swung the multiple injector-head down to her, and the LED's on its control glowed into life.