understeer

ˈʌndərstɪr

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Definition of understeer - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

car handling

TECH.

vehicle turns less than intended by the driver

TECH.

The car began to understeer on the wet road.

plow

push

Verb

intr.

car handling

TECH.

lose front wheel grip and slide outward while turning

TECH.

If you understeer, the car won't turn as much.

plow

push

wash out

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Origin of understeer

English, under (below) + steer (guide)

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understeering

adj.

driving dynamics

having a tendency to understeer

Examples of understeer in a sentence

Drivers complained that understeer ruined the car's lap times.
The rookie understeered on the wet corner and ran wide.
My old SUV tends to understeer when I take sharp bends.

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French:sous-virage, sous-virer, ...
German:Untersteuern, untersteuern, ...
Italian:sottosterzo, sottosterzare, ...
Spanish:subviraje, subvirar, ...
Portuguese:subviragem, subvirar, ...
Chinese:转向不足, 前轮外滑, ...
Japanese:アンダーステア, アンダーステアを起こす, ...
Arabic:انزلاق أمامي, فَقَدَ تَماسُكَ العَجَلاتِ الأَمامِيَّةِ, ...
Hebrew:הַחְלָקָה אָחוֹרִית, לְהִיכָּנֵס לְתַת-הִיגּוּי, ...
Russian:недоход, уходить в недостаточную поворачиваемость, ...
Ukrainian:недостатня поворотність, недостатньо повертати, ...
Hindi:अंडरस्टियर, अंडरस्टियर होना, ...
Bengali:অপ্রতুল মোড়, স্লাইড করা, ...
Catalan:subviratge, subvirar, ...
Czech:nedotáčivost, jít po předku, ...
Danish:understyring, undervirke, ...
Dutch:onderstuur, ondersturen, ...
Greek:υποστροφή, υποστρέφω, ...
Hungarian:alulkormányzottság, tolja az orrát, ...
Khmer:អាការៈរថយន្តបត់បានតិចជាងដែលអ្នកបើកបរចង់បាន, រថយន្តបាត់បង់ការកាន់ផ្លូវរបស់កង់មុខ ហើយរអិលចេញទៅខាងក្រៅពេលបត់, ...
Korean:언더스티어, 언더스티어하다, ...
Persian:نقص در فرمان‌پذیری, کم‌فرمانی کردن, ...
Polish:podsterowność, mieć podsterowność, ...
Portuguese (BR):subesterço, subesterçar, ...
Romanian:subvirare, a subvira, ...
Swedish:understyrning, understyra, ...
Thai:อันเดอร์สเตียร์, รถหน้าดื้อโค้ง, ...
Turkish:ön kayma, ön tekerleklerin kayması, ...
Vietnamese:hiện tượng understeer, bị thiếu lái, ...

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