undershifts

Noun

undershift (plural undershifts)

1. An unfitted undergarment that covers the torso.
   • The statement of Abeng and Tucdaden that when they buried the cadaver, this only had on an undershift and drawers (camiseta-calsoncillo), without uniform, nor boots, nor cap, nor other pieces of adornment, which is duly confirmed by the testimonies of the other witnesses and by the reports of the...1985, Isaac C. Cruz, General Gregorio H. Del Pilar: Idol of the Revolution, page 137
2. The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's weak side.
   • Do they employ an undershift? Overshift? If they do undershift or overshift the line, is it a half-man or full-man over- shift or undershift?1955, Robert C. MacKenzie, Football Scouting, page 54
3. The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too close together.
   • The protruding basal oxygens are themselves displaced slightly in the x-direction so that the shift required is either 0.4 + δÅ (overshift) or 0.4 -δ Å (undershift).1983, Leslie Michaels, Seymour S. Chissick, R. Derricott, Asbestos, properties, applications, and hazards, →ISBN, page 114
4. A misalignment resulting from failure to shift gears far enough.
   • Briefly, in the invention, the shift mechanism is incorporated into the handlebar stem, a positive push-pull type cam mechanism is provided for actuating the rear derailleur, undershift and overshift is prevented to eliminate chain "jump off", and the device can be shifted with the bicycle standing...1981, H Ross, Single lever 10-speed bicycle shifter - US Patent 4,279,174
5. A change that results in something being not being moved far enough or too few things being moved.
6. An underhang caused by seismic shift.
   • The forming of shifts and undershifts is activated by frequent quakes.1964, Bhabesh Chandra Roy, Report of the twenty-second session, India, 1964

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