Meaning and example
control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
The passage used "servomechanism" to mean control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of -0.095 places servomechanism in the very rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 46.2% of people in the source dataset.
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Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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