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SERVO [3 records]

Record 1 2010-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
DEF

System for multiplying the driver's effort to a control with the aid of power supplied from an outside source.

OBS

servo strictly speaking is an abbreviation of the first of these terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes
DEF

Système d'assistance de direction (servodirection) ou de freinage (servofrein) et qui utilise, en général, la dépression du moteur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Servomechanisms
DEF

An automatic control mechanism consisting of a motor or actuator driven by a signal which is a function of the difference between commanded position and/or rate, and measured actual position and/or rate.

Key term(s)
  • servo

French

Domaine(s)
  • Servomécanismes
DEF

Mécanisme automatique asservi.

Key term(s)
  • servo

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servomecanismos
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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
CONT

servo altimeter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

altimètre asservi

Spanish

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