Crossword clues for servomechanism
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
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. n. 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.
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]
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 called a heterostat since it controls a system's behavior by means of heterostasis.
The term correctly applies only to systems where the feedback or error-correction signals help control mechanical position, speed or other parameters. For example, an automotive power window control is not a servomechanism, as there is no automatic feedback that controls position—the operator does this by observation. By contrast a car's cruise control uses closed loop feedback, which classifies it as a servomechanism.
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.