Found 4 items, similar to offset.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: offset mengimbangi
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: offset pengganti kerugian
English → English (WordNet) Definition: offset offset n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; “they got an early start”; “she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her” [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime] [ant: middle, end] 2: a compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance] 3: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner] 4: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot] 5: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: offset printing ] 6: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn: set-back, setoff] [also: offsetting] offset v 1: compensate for or counterbalance; “offset deposits and withdrawals” [syn: countervail] 2: make up for; “His skills offset his opponent's superior strength” [syn: cancel, set off] 3: cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface 4: create an offset in; “offset a wall” 5: produce by offset printing; “offset the conference proceedings” [also: offsetting]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Offset Offset \Off"set`\, n. [Off + set. Cf. Set-off.] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek. [1913 Webster] 2. A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off. [1913 Webster] 3. A spur from a range of hills or mountains. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) 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; -- called also set-off. [1913 Webster] 5. (Surv.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mech.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside. [1913 Webster] 7. (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor; an unitended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also setoff. [1913 Webster +PJC] 8. See offset printing. [PJC] Offset staff (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets. [1913 Webster] Offset \Off*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offset; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. [1913 Webster] Offset \Off*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offset; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. [1913 Webster] Offset \Off"set\, v. i. (Printing) To make an offset. [1913 Webster]