offset

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: beginningcommencementfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimecounterbalancestolonrunner

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. 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 timeshowtime
  2. a compensating equivalentSynonyms: counterbalance
  3. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tipsSynonyms: stolonrunner
  4. a natural consequence of developmentSynonyms: outgrowthbranchoffshoot
  5. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paperSynonyms: offset printing
  6. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptlySynonyms: set-backsetoff

Verb (5)

  1. compensate for or counterbalance“offset deposits and withdrawals”Synonyms: countervail
  2. make up for“His skills offset his opponent's superior strength”Synonyms: cancelset off
  3. cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
  4. create an offset in“offset a wall”
  5. produce by offset printing“offset the conference proceedings”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Offset \Off"set`\, n. [Off + set. Cf. Set-off.] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: [1913 Webster]

1.(Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.A spur from a range of hills or mountains. [1913 Webster]

4.(Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

6.(Mech.) 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. [1913 Webster]

7.(Print.) 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 unitended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also setoff. [1913 Webster +PJC]

8.See offset printing. [PJC]

Offset staff (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets. [1913 Webster]

Offset \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. [1913 Webster]

2.To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. [1913 Webster]

Offset \Off"set\, v. i. (Printing) To make an offset. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

offset

<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)

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