Definitionen
1.NounAnything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent."Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat."
2.NounA 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.NounA time at which something begins; outset.
4.NounThe offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface."offset lithographs; offset process"
5.NounThe 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.NounThe 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.NounThe 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.NounA short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
9.NounAn 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.NounA short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
11.NounA spur from a range of hills or mountains.
12.NounA 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.
13.NounA terrace on a hillside.
14.VerbTo counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction."I'll offset the time difference locally.; to offset one charge against another"
15.VerbTo place out of line.
16.VerbTo form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
17.AdverbAway from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
18.AdjectiveAway from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.