offset
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)offsetting
- compensate for or counterbalance“offset deposits and withdrawals”Synonyms: countervailMore general balance, equilibrate
- make up for“His skills offset his opponent's superior strength”Synonyms: cancelset offMore general balance, equilibrateMore specific counteract, countervail
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surfaceMore general transfer
- create an offset in“offset a wall”More general make, create
- produce by offset printing“offset the conference proceedings”More general print, impress
Noun (6)
- 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”Synonyms: beginningcommencementfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeType of point, point in timeKinds threshold, birth, incipiency, terminus a quo
- a compensating equivalentSynonyms: counterbalanceType of compensation
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tipsSynonyms: stolonrunnerType of plant organ
- a natural consequence of developmentSynonyms: outgrowthbranchoffshootType of consequence, effect
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paperSynonyms: offset printingType of printing, printing processKinds photo-offset printing, letterset printing
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptlySynonyms: set-backsetoffType of structure, construction
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Translations
Noun difference in memory addresses
- Spanish
- desplazamiento
- Portuguese
- offset
- Japanese
- オフセット ofusetto
- Portuguese (PT)
- offset
Noun displacement, amount out of alignment
- French
- décalage
- Italian
- scostamento
- Portuguese
- deslocamento
- Japanese
- オフセット ofusetto
- Portuguese (PT)
- diferença
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Off + set. Cf. Set-off.
In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: —
1. Botany 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. 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; — called also set-off.
5. Surv. A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
6. Mechanics 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. Printing 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; an unintended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also setoff.
8. See offset printing.
Offset staff Surv., a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
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.
Printing To make an offset.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<programming> An index or position in an array, string, or block of memory usually a non-negative integer.
E.g. the Perl function splice(ARRAY, OFFSET, LENGTH, LIST) replaces LENGTH elements starting at index OFFSET in array with LIST, where offset zero means the start of the array.
For an Intel x86 processor with a segmented address space the offset is the position of a byte relative to the start of the segment.
(2004-02-27)