Word Meanings - SERVOMOTOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A relay apparatus; specif.: (a) An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve of the motor. (b) In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-air motor, for moving the rudders so as to correct deviations from the course.

• Regulative
  Tending to regulate; regulating.
• Reversionary
  Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
• Corrected
  of Correct
• Courser
  One who courses or hunts.
• MOTORMOTORYMOTORIAL
  Causing or setting up motion; pertaining to organs of motion; - - applied especially in physiology to those nerves or nerve fibers which only convey impressions from a nerve center to muscles, thereby causing motion.
• TORPEDOIST
  One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes.
• Indicator
  One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.
• Leverwood
  The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.
• Regulator
  One who, or that which, regulates.
• Reversioner
  One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.
• Correcting
  of Correct
• Valved
  Having a valve or valve; valvate.
• Coursey
  A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
• MOTORCYCLEMOTORCYCLE
  A bicycle having a motor attached so as to be self-propelled. In Great Britain the term motor cycle is treated by statute (3 Ed VII. c. 36) as limited to motor cars (self-propelled vehicles) designed to travel on not more than three wheels, and weighing
• TORPEDOSHELL
  A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which fol
• Indicatory
  Serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying.

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