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ser•vo•con•trol



Pronunciation: (
—n.sûr'vō-kun-trōl";
—v.sûr"vō-kun-trōl'), [key]
—n., v., -trolled, -trol•ling.

—n.
1. control by means of a servomechanism.
2. a servomechanism used as a control.
3. Also called Flettner control, ser'vo tab". Aeron.a tab that is directly actuated by the control stick and that exerts an aerodynamic force to move a control surface to which it is attached.

—v.t.
to operate (a mechanism) with such a device.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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