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Webster 1913 Edition


Offset

Off′setˊ

,
Noun.
[
Off
+
set
. Cf.
Set-off
.]
In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
; as: –
1.
(Bot.)
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.
(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
.
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.
(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.
Offset staff
(Surv.)
,
a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

Off-set′

,
Verb.
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
.
2.
To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Off′set

,
Verb.
I.
(Printing)
To make an offset.

Webster 1828 Edition


Offset

OFF'SET

,
Noun.
[off and set.]
1.
A shoot; a sprout from the roots of a plant.
2.
In surveying, a perpendicular let fall from the stationary lines to the hedge, fence or extremity of an inclosure.
3.
In accounts, a sum, account or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent.
[This is also written set-off.]

OFF'SET

,
Verb.
T.
To set one account against another; to make the account of one party pay the demand of another.

Definition 2024


offset

offset

English

Noun

offset (plural offsets)

  1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
    Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
  2. (international trade) 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. (obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
  4. A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
  5. (programming) 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.
  6. (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
    The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
  7. 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.
  8. (surveying) 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. (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
    • 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening):
      [] [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.
  11. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
  12. (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; a set-off.

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Verb

offset (third-person singular simple present offsets, present participle offsetting, simple past and past participle offset or offsetted)

  1. To compensate for something.
    I'll offset the time difference locally.
    to offset one charge against another
  2. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

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Noun

offset m (plural offsets)

  1. (programming) offset (byte difference between memory addresses)
  2. (printing) offset (a printing method)