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# servo

«servo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small motor that can turn to an exact position and hold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a servo, servos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A servo (short for servomotor) is a small motor that can turn to an exact position and hold it, used in robots, remote-control cars and planes and models. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#m1)

2) (Australia, informal) A servo is a petrol station, short for «service station». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In computing, robotics and design and technology lessons, pupils program a servo with a micro:bit or Arduino to move a robot arm, open a gate or wave a flag to an exact angle, such as 90 degrees. In Australian everyday talk, you stop at the servo for petrol, snacks and a drink on a road trip. Phrases: servo motor, turn the servo to 90 degrees, stop at the servo (Australia).

### examples

- We programmed the servo to turn to 90 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x1)
- The robot's arm moves with two servos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x2)
- The remote-control plane uses servos to move its wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x3)
- Our servo buzzed but would not turn because a wire was loose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x4)
- (Australia) Let's stop at the servo for a pie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x5)
- (Australia) Dad filled up the car at the servo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x6)
- A servo can move to an exact angle, but a normal motor just spins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x7)
- The servo opened the little door of our model house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/#x8)

### note

Countable: a servo, servos. Pronounced «SER-voh». It is a short, clipped form: servomotor (robotics) or service station (Australian slang). In robotics maths, the servo's position is measured in degrees, usually from 0 to 180. Australian slang often clips words with -o: servo, arvo (afternoon), bottle-o (bottle shop).

### In the corpora

- ["Servo" is Australian for a petrol station.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/8/)
- [In Brisbane, Kirra and Jai start a YouTube channel reviewing servo pies (a servo is a petrol station).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/507-siblings-as-best-mates-and-as-rivals/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «servo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/servo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.