offset

Plural: offsets

Noun

• the time at which something is supposed to begin
• a compensating equivalent
• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
• a natural consequence of development
• a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
• Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
• 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.
• A time at which something begins; outset.
• The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
• The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
• 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.
• 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.
• A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
• A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
• 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.
• A terrace on a hillside.

Verb

Verb Forms: offset, offsetting, offsets

• To counterbalance or compensate for something.
• compensate for or counterbalance
  • "offset deposits and withdrawals"
• make up for
  • "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
• cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
• create an offset in
  • "offset a wall"
• produce by offset printing
  • "offset the conference proceedings"
• To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
• To place out of line.
• To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Adv

• Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Adj

• Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Examples

• A well-placed ’Q’ could OFFSET his previous low-scoring move in Words With Friends.
• An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
• I'll offset the time difference locally.
• offset lithographs
• offset process
• The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
• There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
• to offset one charge against another
• Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.

Synonyms

beginning, branch, cancel, commencement, counterbalance, countervail, first, get-go, kickoff, offset printing, offshoot, outgrowth, outset, runner, set off, set-back, setoff, showtime, start, starting time, stolon, compensate for, equivalence, offlay, offset, offstand

Antonyms

end, middle, overcome, overpoise, overpower, surmount

Related Words

equiponderate, onset

Anagrams of offset