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Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
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Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
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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.
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(c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
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The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
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offset lithographs
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The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
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An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
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(signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
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The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
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The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
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There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
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A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
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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.
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A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
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A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
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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.
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A terrace on a hillside.