offsets Meaning & Definition
What Does Offsets Mean?
Offsets is used as a noun meaning plural of offset. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of offset. As a verb, it means To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
Offsets Definition (Noun)
- plural of offset
Offsets as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of offset
Noun
- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
- 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.
- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- The 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
- The 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.
- (signal analysis) The 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.
- The 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.
- A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- 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.
- A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- 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.
- A terrace on a hillside.
Verb
- To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
I'll offset the time difference locally.
- To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
Synonyms of Offsets
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Offsets synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Offsets
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Offsets in a Sentence
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.
The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
I'll offset the time difference locally.
Word Forms & Grammar
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