understeer
noun
un·der·steer
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Definition of understeer
: the tendency of an automobile to turn less sharply than the driver intends
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Other Words from understeer
understeer
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intransitive verb
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The eight-cylinder engine provides plenty of power when needed, and while an SUV of this size is never going to be agile, Dynamic Stability Control does a nice job preventing understeer in corners. — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, "Go big and go home: The BMW X7 reviewed," 28 June 2019 In that situation, which would typically result in grotesque initial understeer, the Tesla somehow pivots around its inside tire and does a tight, not-especially-fast donut with a radius of one Model 3. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Electric Slide: We Drove the Tesla Model 3 in the Snow to See How It Fares as a Rally Car," 21 Feb. 2019 The engineers claim to have eliminated the 911's typical front axle lift/power-on understeer through redesign of front oil-cooler intake and venting, together with a new front splitter. — Eric Tegler, Ars Technica, "Working on this Singer 911 restoration “turns” Williams F1 engineers," 24 Aug. 2018 Robby cuts the wheel toward the apex of Turn 1, corrects a moment of understeer, and powers out to the edge of the track with tires howling. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "I Raced a Self-Driving Audi To Defend Humanity's Honor," 17 Nov. 2015 We were given a direction from the sim in terms in where to go [with setup] to try and help our understeer and rear instability. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "This isn’t a game: We try out a professional driver-in-the-loop simulator," 9 Aug. 2018 The sophisticated all-wheel-drive system can also eliminate understeer. — Matthew Scott, Outside Online, "The Electric Jaguar I-Pace Can Go Off-Road," 9 July 2018 While the Senna applies the brakes to each wheel independently to help rotate the car into corners, lower speed bends still require proper weight transfer techniques to load up the front tires and avoid speed-sapping understeer. — Basem Wasef, WIRED, "McLaren's $958,966 Senna Hypercar Ain't Pretty, but It Can Whip a Track," 30 June 2018 Thanks in part to four-wheel steering, that temperamental looseness provides an ever-present reminder of understeer and its consequence: the spin out. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Review: 2018 Lexus LC 500 is both beauty and beast," 2 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'understeer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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