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Offset n. : In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

Offset n. : A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.

Offset n. : 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.

Offset n. : A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

Offset n. : 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.

Offset n. : A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

Offset n. : 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 n. : 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 imp. & p. p. : of Offset

Offset v. t. : To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.

Offset v. t. : To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Offset v. i. : To make an offset.

Example:
How to find the Offset of an integrator circuit?

Taxonomy
Offset, free encyclopedia, displacement, vehicle wheel, Offset Software, search, free dictionary, the distance, data structure, structure object, element, amplitude, waveform, dimension, satellite dish, arrangement, game development company, working title.

Defination from the web:
Offset (computer science), a number indicating the distance (displacement) from the start of a data structure object and up to a given element ... Offset, a 2004 film with Răzvan Vasilescu and Alexandra Maria Lara. Frequency offset, the difference between the frequency of a source ... 

synonyms
  (noun) beginning
  (noun) commencement
  (noun) first
  (noun) outset
  (noun) get-go
  (noun) start
  (noun) kickoff
  (noun) starting time
  (noun) showtime
  (noun) counterbalance
  (noun) stolon
  (noun) runner
  (noun) outgrowth
  (noun) branch
  (noun) offshoot
  (noun) offset printing
  (noun) set-back
  (noun) setoff
  (noun) compensation
  (noun) consequence
  (noun) construction
  (noun) effect
  (noun) event
  (noun) issue
  (noun) outcome
  (noun) plant organ
  (noun) point
  (noun) point in time
  (noun) printing
  (noun) printing process
  (noun) result
  (noun) structure
  (noun) upshot
  (verb) countervail
  (verb) cancel
  (verb) set off
  (verb) balance
  (verb) create
  (verb) equilibrate
  (verb) equilibrise
  (verb) equilibrize
  (verb) impress
  (verb) make
  (verb) print
  (verb) transfer
antonyms
  (noun) end
  (noun) middle


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