Understeer
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Understeer is a noun meaning The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.
Meaning
The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.
More Meanings
- 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.
Word Forms
- understeers
- understeering
- understeered
Antonyms for understeer
Common opposites include oversteer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oversteer, overshift, undershift, skewing, mislead, underadjustment.
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