OFFSET

setoff, set-back, offset

(noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

offset, offset printing

(noun) a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset

(noun) a natural consequence of development

stolon, runner, offset

(noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

counterbalance, offset

(noun) a compensating equivalent

beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset

(noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin; “they got an early start”; “she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her”

offset

(verb) produce by offset printing; “offset the conference proceedings”

offset

(verb) create an offset in; “offset a wall”

offset

(verb) cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface

cancel, offset, set off

(verb) make up for; “His skills offset his opponent’s superior strength”

offset, countervail

(verb) compensate for or counterbalance; “offset deposits and withdrawals”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

offset (plural offsets)

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

(international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

(obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.

(printing, often, attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

(programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

(signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.

The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

(surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

(botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.

A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

(architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.

(architecture) A terrace on a hillside.

Verb

offset (third-person singular simple present offsets, present participle offsetting, simple past and past participle offsetted or offset)

(transitive) To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

(transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Anagrams

• set off, set-off, setoff

Source: Wiktionary


Off"set`, n. Etym: [Off + set. Cf. Set-off.]

Definition: In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: --

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.

2. A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.

3. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

4. (Arch.)

Definition: A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.

5. (Surv.)

Definition: A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

6. (Mech.)

Definition: An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

7. (Print.)

Definition: A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor. Offset staff (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

Off*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offset; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting.]

1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.

2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Off"set, v. i. (Printing)

Definition: To make an offset.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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