OFFSET
/ɒfˈsɛt/ Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb compensate for or counterbalance.
— synonyms: countervail
- verb make up for.
— synonyms: cancel, set_off
- verb cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface.
- verb create an offset in.
- verb produce by offset printing.
- noun the time at which something is supposed to begin.
— synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting_time
- noun a compensating equivalent.
— synonyms: counterbalance
- noun a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
— synonyms: stolon, runner
- noun a natural consequence of development.
— synonyms: outgrowth, branch, offshoot
- noun a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper.
— synonyms: offset_printing
- noun structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly.
— synonyms: set-back, setoff
Examples
- “Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.”
- “offset lithographs”
- “An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.”
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