oversteern.
/ˈəʊvəstɪə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstɪ(ə)r/ Motoring.
A tendency in a motor vehicle to turn more sharply than would be expected in response to a given movement of the steering wheel.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > way in which vehicle handles > oversteering or understeering
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1936 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 30 759 This proportion of the total roll couple carried by the front and rear tyres is found to have a very marked effect on steering, and has to be proportioned by trial to avoid excessive effects in the direction either of ‘oversteer’ or ‘understeer’.
1957 Which? Autumn 25/2 Slight oversteer is noticeable if the boot is well loaded, but this is easily compensated by a slight increase of pressure on the rear tyres.
2000 Driving Mag. Mar. 37/2 The handling bias set up for mild understeer but, given the right conditions, more power rewards the driver with oversteer or four wheel drift.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
oversteerv.
/ˌəʊvəˈstɪə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstɪ(ə)r/ Motoring.
intransitive. Of a motor vehicle: to turn more sharply than would be expected in response to a given movement of the steering wheel.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > oversteer or understeer
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1936 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 30 730 Almost every car over-steers to a certain extent.
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) v. 147 When the slip angle is greater at the rear, the car oversteers (i.e. turns more sharply than the driver intends).
1992 Autosport 23 Apr. 19/2 It was very difficult to drive on the straight, and when the car was oversteering, you couldn't get countersteer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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