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Offset

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What's The Definition Of Offset?
[n] structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
[n] a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [n] a natural consequence of development [n] a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [n] a compensating equivalent [n] the time at which something begins; "They got an early start" [v] make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" [v] compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" Synonyms | Synonyms for Offset: beginning | branch | cancel | commencement | counterbalance | first | kickoff | offset printing | offshoot | outgrowth | outset | runner | set back | set off | setoff | start | starting time | stolon Related Terms | Find terms related to Offset: absorb the shock | albertype | analog process | annul | antacid | antidote | antipode | antipodes | antipole | antithesis | antonym | atone for | balance | ballast | be at cross-purposes | be opposed to | behavior pattern | book printing | branch | break the fall | bring to nothing | buffer | cancel | cancel out | check | chromotypography | chromotypy | chromoxylography | clash | collotype | color printing | come to nothing | compensate | compensation | conflict | conflict with | consideration | contra | contradict | contrapose | contrast with | contravene | controvert | converse | counter | counteract | counteractant | counteraction | counteractive | counteragent | counterbalance | countercheck | counterirritant | counterpoint | counterpoise | counterpole | counterpose | counterterm | countervail | counterweigh | counterweight | counterwork | cushion | damp | dampen | deaden | digital process | electronography | electrostatic printing | equalize | equalizer | equipoise | equiponderate | equivalent | even out | even up | feeling | filiation | foil | frustrate | give-and-take | graphic arts | gravure | halftone engraving | history of printing | hunting | impress | impression | imprint | indemnify | input oscillation | invalidate | inverse | job printing | juxtapose in opposition | letterpress | letterpress photoengraving | line engraving | lithography | lithogravure | lithophotogravure | mackle | make amends | make good | make restitution | make up | make up for | makeweight | mimeograph | negate | negativate | negative | neutralize | neutralizer | nullifier | nullify | obverse | offcut | offprint | offset lithography | offshoot | onset | oppose | opposite | opposite number | oppugn | oscillatory behavior | outweigh | overcorrection of error | overshoot | palaeotypography | photochemical process | photoengraving | photogelatin process | photographic reproduction | photography | photolithography | photo-offset | phototypography | phototypy | photozincography | planographic printing | planography | play at cross-purposes | preventative | preventive | print | printing | printmaking | process | prophylactic | publication | publishing | quid pro quo | recompense | redeem | redress | reimburse | reissue | relief printing | remedy | repay | reprint | reverse | rotary photogravure | rotogravure | run counter to | self-excitation | set off | setoff | sheetwork | shoot | show consideration | show mercy | show pity | soften | soften the blow | something of value | sprout | square | square up | stamp | stencil | stop | stultify | suppress | the contrary | the other side | three-color printing | thwart | tit for tat | two-color printing | typography | typolithography | undo | vis-a-vis | vitiate | void | wood-block printing | xerography | xeroprinting | xylotypography | zincography See Also | balance | birth | compensation | consequence | construction | counteract | counterbalance | countervail | effect | equilibrate | equilibrise | equilibrize | event | incipience | incipiency | issue | letterset printing | neutralize | outcome | photo-offset | photo-offset printing | plant organ | point | point in time | printing | printing process | result | starting point | structure | terminus a quo | threshold | upshot Offset In Webster's Dictionary \Off"set`\, n. [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.
7. (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed
page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are
pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.
{Offset staff} (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used
in measuring offsets.
\Off*set"\, v. 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\, v. i. (Printing) To make an offset. |
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