Definizione monolingua

offset

offset (third-person singular simple present offsets, present participle offsetting, simple past and past participle offset or offsetted)

1. To compensate for something.

   Ill offset the time difference locally.

offset (plural offsets)

1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

   Todays victory was an offset to yesterdays defeat.

2. (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
3. (obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.

   You can hear the gun go off at the offset of the race.

4. A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
5. (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

   An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.

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

   There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.

Definizione dizionario offset

	offset
	To move an object from its initial X, Y, and Z (three-dimensional objects only) coordinates to new coordinates.

	scostare
	To move an object from its initial X, Y, and Z (three-dimensional objects only) coordinates to new coordinates.

compensare

compensazione

compenso

compromesso

contrafforte, compenso

contrasto

controbilanciare

deviazione

distanza

equivalente

fotolito

germogliare

germoglio

pollone

Altri significati:

offset printing

to compensate for something

(programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

difference in memory addresses

(obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.

compensating equivalent

To compensate for something.

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

distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another

(international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.