offsetting

noun3

1. •
   The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount

   • Such offsettings tend to reduce the variations of the aggregate. — 1932
2. •
   The act or process of offsetting or displacing; displacement.

   • Offsetting is closely related with sweeping. For example, the constant radius offsetting of a planar curve can be given as the boundary curve of the sweep region of a circle moving along the curve. — 1993
3. •
   The amount by which something is offset or displaced; an offset or displacement.

   • A more unfavorable influence can be brought to linings by the shift of the surface loading when its offsetting is smaller than 30 m in the case. — 2021