Synonyms for "understeer"

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Related word relations

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More general

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physical property

Antonyms

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oversteer

derived from

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steer

related to

5 entries

conditioncorneringcurvesliptraction

Translations

12 translations across 7 languages.

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Danish

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• understyring noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)

Finnish

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• aliohjautuvuus noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)
• aliohjautua verb (the action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering)

German

2 entries

• Untersteuern noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)
• untersteuern verb (the action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering)

Italian

2 entries

• sottosterzo noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)
• sottosterzare verb (the action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering)

Norwegian Bokmål

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• understyring noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)

Spanish

2 entries

• subviraje noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)
• subvirar verb (the action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering)

Turkish

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• yetersiz çevirme noun (the condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering)
• yetersiz çevirmek verb (the action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

FWD vehicles have the tendency to understeer.

Source: tatoeba (2530100)

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