Meaning of Offset | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
2. 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.
3. A time at which something begins; outset.
4. The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
   attributive, often
5. The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
6. The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
7. The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
8. A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
9. 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.
10. A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
11. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
12. 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.
13. A terrace on a hillside.

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Examples

“Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.”

“There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month, which was somewhat of an offset against the peculiarities of the position.”

“Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.'”

“offset lithographs”

“offset process”

“An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.”

“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.”

“[…] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.”

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