NOUN
  • Definition - Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
  • Example - Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
  • Definition - (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
  • Example - Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
  • Definition - The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
  • Example - offset lithographs
  • Definition - The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
  • Example - An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
  • Definition - (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
  • Example - The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
  • Definition - The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • Definition - A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • Definition - A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • Definition - A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
  • Definition - A terrace on a hillside.
  • Example - There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
VERB
  • Definition - To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
  • Example - I'll offset the time difference locally.
  • Definition - To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
  • Example - I'll offset the time difference locally.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
offset 12 setoff 12
5 Letter Words
teffs 11 toffs 11
4 Letter Words
effs 10 offs 10 teff 10 toff 10 efts 7 fest 7 fets 7 foes 7 soft 7 toes 4
3 Letter Words
eff 9 off 9 efs 6 eft 6 fes 6 fet 6 foe 6 oft 6 est 3 oes 3 ose 3 set 3 sot 3 tes 3 toe 3
2 Letter Words
ef 5 fe 5 of 5 es 2 et 2 oe 2 os 2 so 2 te 2 to 2
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