Offset

The term offset may refer to:

Carbon offset
Offset (computer science), A number indicating the distance (displacement) from the start of a data structure object and up to a given element
Offset (gears)
Offset (wheel), An important dimension of a vehicle wheel
Offset dish antenna, A type of satellite dish
Offset loan (finance), A type of flexible lending arrangement
Offset printing
Offset Software, a game development company
Project Offset, the working title for a first-person shooter video game by Offset Software
Offsets, Layers of plants in the plant nursery business

See also:

Displacement (vector), specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a previous position

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Dictionary

-noun

Template:anchorAnything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Template:anchor(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 deals are often used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
Template:anchor(obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
Template:anchorA printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
Template:anchor(programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
Template:anchorThe distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

-verb

To compensate for something.

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