understeer

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ steer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

understeer (plural understeers)

1. The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

   Antonym: oversteer

Translations

the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering

• Danish: understyring c
• Finnish: aliohjautuvuus (fi)
• German: Untersteuern n
• Italian: sottosterzo (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: understyring m or f

• Spanish: subviraje (es) m
• Turkish: yetersiz çevirme

Verb

understeer (third-person singular simple present understeers, present participle understeering, simple past and past participle understeered)

1. The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.

   Antonym: oversteer

Translations

the action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering

• Finnish: aliohjautua
• German: untersteuern (de)
• Italian: sottosterzare
• Spanish: subvirar (es)
• Turkish: yetersiz çevirmek

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