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understeer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-steer
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English steer English understeer From under- + steer.

Usage

Inflected Forms

understeers (plural) understeers (present, singular) understeering (participle, present) understeered (participle, past) understeered (past)

Antonyms

oversteer

Questions

What does understeer mean?
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.
Where does understeer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English steer English understeer From under- + steer.

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