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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and servo

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while servo is a servomechanism or servomotor or servo can be (australia|new zealand) a service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc, as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    servo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From servomotor. (Servomechanism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A servomechanism or servomotor.
  • * 2003 , Roger Williams, How to Improve Triumph TR5, 250 and 6 , page 45,
    • A Lockheed Type 6 remote servo' adds a 1.9 multiplier to the pedal pressures and, at about £140, is rather cheaper than all the Girling single line remote ' servos I?ve seen advertised.
  • * 2004 , Myke Predko, 123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius , page 300,
    • If you are using Futaba servos with the application, make sure that you change the data values accordingly.
  • * 2008 , Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement , page 95,
    • The servo' is an ''autonomic'' element of a control system: Setting a desired value of an output parameter makes a ' servo do its job independently of other factors as long as the specified value remains constant.
    Derived terms
    * servosystem

    Etymology 2

    From . (Filling station)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
    • Man arrested after allegedly driving car through servo — title of News Radio item, 3 June 2005 [http://web.archive.org/web/20071117093539/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1654443.htm]
  • * 2008 , Roz Hopkins, Pumped , page 12,
    • Crude oil is purchased in US dollars, so the price of the petrol at your local servo is heavily influenced by the rate of exchange between the greenback and the Aussie dollar.
  • * 2011' July 16, '' Beechboro '''servo bandit escapes with cash]'', ''[[w:The West Australian, The West Australian] .
  • * 2011' July 17, '' Teen arrested over '''servo robbery], ''[[w:Illawarra Mercury, Illawarra Mercury] .

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