Offset (wheel)
WordNet
noun
(1) Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
(2) A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
(3) A natural consequence of development
(4) A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
(5) A compensating equivalent
(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"
verb
(7) Produce by offset printing
"Offset the conference proceedings"
(8) Create an offset in
"Offset a wall"
(9) Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
(10) Make up for
"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
(11) Compensate for or counterbalance
"Offset deposits and withdrawals"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
- A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the the buying country. This kind of deals are often used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
- A time at which something begins; outset.
- You can hear the gun go off at the offset of the race.
- A printing method, 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.
- An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
Verb
- To compensate for something.
- I'll offset the time difference locally.