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Servo

noun

Control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system. Synonyms: servomechanism, servosystem.

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... cloak—accompanied her down the Via Pozzo Depinto to her poor house in the quarter of Santa Caterina; she lived in the Vicolo Agnus Dei. To their florid exercises in the language of courts she replied in monosyllables—"Sissignore," "Grazie, Signore," or "Servo suo"; the humble words were as much her daily use as Padre nostro or Ave Maria. At the door she must have her hand kissed three times in face of the nudging neighbours; and to each salute her honesty ...

— Little Novels of Italy • Maurice Henry Hewlett

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Words linked to "Servo" : servomechanism, control system, servomechanical