Word Finder - offset

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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.

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To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

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I'll offset the time difference locally.

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To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

The risk of failure in mining enterprises is offset by the chances of more than ordinary profits.

The obstacle due to lack of coal is offset by the splendid water powers 'afforded by the rapid streams in all parts of the province.

Many local stores also offer free delivery, which can help offset the costs.

This is offset by a very heavy emigration, which sometimes exceeds the immigration in certain of the states.

The detrimental consequences of a ban could be offset by other forms of hunting, which do not involve live quarry.

The fact that the majority of readers have dateline offset from GMT of just a few hours, probably won't matter.

In its course it receives on the left side the Dihing, a river having its rise at the south-eastern angle of the province; and lower down, on the opposite side, it parts with a considerable offset termed the Buri Lohit, which, however, reunites with the Brahmaputra 60 m.

To offset this feeling Edwards' preached at Northampton during the years 1742 and 174 3 a series of sermons published under the title of Religious Affections (1746), a restatement in a more philosophical and general tone of his ideas as to " distinguishing marks."

From 2007, new entrants will have a better pension accrual rate to help offset their normal pension age of 65.

Any effect of the sun appears to have been very small and is likely to have been offset by volcanic aerosols.

Shape [] getCaretShapes (int offset) Returns two paths corresponding to the strong and weak caretShapes (int offset) Returns two paths corresponding to the strong and weak caret.

The hit is to the right of the strong caret at the specified offset, as determined by the default policy.

The reason why offset mortgages are not the obvious choice for everyone is due to the fact that they are more expensive to run.

Use the links below to find out how offset can help you get clever with your cash.

The capital costs of plank or panel type of solar collector can be offset against the cost of traditional roof covering.

Color/alpha components are stored in the components array starting at offset even if the array is allocated by this method.

The G90 is a variant in the Gordon Smith range of the standard model but with offset cutaways and a more contoured body.

This error caused an offset in the source declination up to 1 arcmin.

Growth in long-distance traffic offset a decline in the traditional cross-Channel market, tho Eurotunnel claimed it held its own against the ferry operators.

I am not persuaded that barriers to entry are low enough to offset the potential detriment to competition.

The background colors are somewhat deviant, but the offset of the font color gives it a alomst homey feeling.

To offset this potentially disastrous dynamic, allow for dedicated time for the team members to talk openly about how they interact.

Funding was by voluntary individual donation to offset out of pocket costs.

The graph above shows the effect of using offset electrodes on the power factor of the system.

We will now offset the carbon emissions we produce with an annual tree planting, making us a carbon neutral company.

Thus a salad of red and white Belgian endive offset the bitter leaves with orange (£ 4.50 ).

Strong characterisation of the regulars cannot offset the lack of an emotionally engaging plot, despite the presence of a lot of interesting concepts.

The creamy froth offset by shards of crisp green vegetable under the surface.

Any discretionary increments or regrading applied to the new grade will be offset against the protected pay.

It will not be necessary for employees to offset any savings they make through not undertaking their ordinary commuting journey.

There followed a flurry of books in a range of media from offset litho to rubber stamp.

Something like ' Invalid File Offset ' will be utterly meaningless to most users.

This is done by zeroing the first millisecond of the input impulse response (after the DC offset has been removed ).

Set the byte offset from which to restart broken transfers.

If the components array is null, a new array is allocated. offset - An offset into the components array.

Its produced by Regulus and is normally used for offset printing.

Rentals can normally be offset against taxable profit * .

New fork boots with centrally mounted axle (no offset) hold the radial brakes as well as the new splash sand fork protectors.

This was partly offset by higher interest receivable on the Group's cash deposits.

The value of muscle relaxants is more than offset by their side effects.

Whilst the cost of the venue has been more expensive, this has been offset by savings in travel expenses.

Payments might be made based on actual versus desired wind speeds to offset budget shortfalls.

These are slightly offset to prevent slippage of the product.

The mean peak of the response was at 10.5 sec after stimulus onset, with little further change until stimulus onset, with little further change until stimulus offset.

If an underlying TimeZone implementation subclass supports historical GMT offset changes, the method returns the raw offset value of the current date.

The attacker is likely to have numerical superiority to offset the defender being hidden.

To offset the risk associated with an adjustable rate mortgage, some lenders offer various ' capping ' options.

You can adjust excitation voltage, input gain, offset nulling and output scaling.

Make sure that the image is offset from the top x-axis by about 40cm but flush to the y-axis.

Since 1815 a considerable proportion of the native stock has migrated to the W., but the loss has been partially offset by an influx of French Canadians.