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UNDERSTEER
Etymology
Noun
understeer (plural understeers)
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
Verb
understeer (third-person singular simple present understeers, present participle understeering, simple past and past participle understeered)
The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.
Antonym: oversteer
Anagrams
• sunder tree
Source: Wiktionary
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