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offset


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Universal
  • 1a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one:widow’s bereavement allowance is an offset against income
  • 2the amount or distance by which something is out of line:these wheels have an offset of four inches
  • Surveying a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement: if it was a simple curve, he was taught the ‘ranging by offsets’ technique
  • Electronics a small deviation or bias in a voltage or current: [as modifier]:offset adjustment circuits
  • 3a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation: a present of tulip bulbs, offsets, and seeds for his garden
  • a spur in a mountain range.
  • 4 Architecture a sloping ledge in a wall or other feature where the thickness of the part above is diminished.
  • 5a bend in a pipe to carry it past an obstacle: allow for any bend you need including offsets for connecting the downpipe
  • 6 [mass noun, often as modifier] a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from that to the paper: they produced banknotes by offset [as modifier]:offset printing

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Universal
  • 1 [with object] counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect:donations to charities can be offset against tax his unfortunate appearance was offset by a compelling personality
  • 2 [with object] place out of line:several places where the ridge was offset at right angles to its length
  • 3 [no object] (of ink or a freshly printed page) transfer an impression to the next leaf or sheet: there was some offsetting on to text

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