servomechanism

What does servomechanism mean?

servomechanism means "control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system".

How many syllables are in servomechanism?

servomechanism has 5 syllables and divides as ser-vo-me-cha-nism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for servomechanism?

Close synonyms include servo, servosystem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is servomechanism a common word?

servomechanism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for servomechanism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.