servo

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)vəʊ

Etymology 1

From servomotor.

Wikipedia

Noun

servo (plural servos)

1. A servomechanism or servomotor.
   • 2003, Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6, page 45,

     A Lockheed Type 6 remote servo adds a 1.9 multiplier to the pedal pressures and, at about £140, is rather cheaper than all the Girling single line remote servos I′ve seen advertised.

   • 2004, Myke Predko, 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius, page 300,

     If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.

   • 2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement, page 95,

     The servo is an autonomic element of a control system: Setting a desired value of an output parameter makes a servo do its job independently of other factors as long as the specified value remains constant.

Derived terms

• servosystem

Etymology 2

From service station +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

Wikipedia

Noun

servo (plural servos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.

   Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio item, 3 June 2005 [1]

   • 2008, Roz Hopkins, Pumped, page 12,

     Crude oil is purchased in US dollars, so the price of the petrol at your local servo is heavily influenced by the rate of exchange between the greenback and the Aussie dollar.

   • 2011 July 16, Beechboro servo bandit escapes with cash, The West Australian.
   • 2011 July 17, Teen arrested over servo robbery, Illawarra Mercury.

Anagrams

• overs
• roves
• verso

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Esperanto

Noun

servo (plural servoj, accusative singular servon, accusative plural servojn)

1. service

Derived terms

• Diservo

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Finnish

Noun

servo

1. servo

Declension

Declension of servo (type valo) singular plural nominative servo servot genitive servon servojen partitive servoa servoja accusative servo servon servot inessive servossa servoissa elative servosta servoista illative servoon servoihin adessive servolla servoilla ablative servolta servoilta allative servolle servoille essive servona servoina translative servoksi servoiksi instructive – servoin abessive servotta servoitta comitative – servoineen

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin servus.

Noun

servo m (plural servi) (Feminine: serva)

1. servant

Synonyms

• servitore, domestico

Related terms

• servigio
• servile
• servire
• servitù
• servizio
• servo-

Verb

servo

1. first-person singular present indicative of servire

Anagrams

• verso, versò

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈser.woː/

• Audio (Classical)

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Verb

present active servō, present infinitive servāre, perfect active servāvī, supine servātum.

1. I watch over, maintain
2. I protect, keep, guard, save
3. I preserve, store

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	servō	servās	servat	servāmus	servātis	servant
	future	servābō	servābis	servābit	servābimus	servābitis	servābunt
	imperfect	servābam	servābās	servābat	servābāmus	servābātis	servābant
	perfect	servāvī	servāvistī	servāvit	servāvimus	servāvistis	servāvērunt
	future perfect	servāverō	servāveris	servāverit	servāverimus	servāveritis	servāverint
	pluperfect	servāveram	servāverās	servāverat	servāverāmus	servāverātis	servāverant
passive	present	servor	servāris	servātur	servāmur	servāminī	servantur
	future	servābor	servāberis	servābitur	servābimur	servābiminī	servābuntur
	imperfect	servābar	servābāris	servābātur	servābāmur	servābāminī	servābantur
	perfect	Use servātus m, servāta f, servātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use servātus m, servāta f, servātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use servātus m, servāta f, servātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	servem	servēs	servet	servēmus	servētis	servent
	imperfect	servārem	servārēs	servāret	servārēmus	servārētis	servārent
	perfect	servāverim	servāverīs	servāverit	servāverīmus	servāverītis	servāverint
	pluperfect	servāvissem	servāvissēs	servāvisset	servāvissēmus	servāvissētis	servāvissent
passive	present	server	servēris	servētur	servēmur	servēminī	serventur
	imperfect	servārer	servārēris	servārētur	servārēmur	servārēminī	servārentur
	perfect	Use servātus m, servāta f, servātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use servātus m, servāta f, servātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	servā	servātō	servātō	servāre	servātor	servātor
	plural	servāte	servātōte	servantō	servāminī	—	servantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		servāre	servāvisse	servātūrus esse	servārī	servātus esse	servātum īrī
participles		servāns (servantis)	—	servātūrus-ra, -rum	—	servātus-a, -um	servandus-nda, -ndum

Related terms

• cōnservō
• praeservō

Descendants

• Italian: servare, serbare
• Romanian: serba
• Spanish: servar

See also

• serviō

Noun

servō

1. dative singular of servus
2. ablative singular of servus