offset

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.

The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

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

[before a noun] The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

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.

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 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.

A time at which something begins; outset.

A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

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

To place out of line.

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

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.