offset

  • 11offset — ► NOUN 1) a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one. 2) the amount by which something is out of line. 3) a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation. 4) a method of printing in which ink is… …

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  • 12Offset — Off set, v. i. (Printing) To make an offset. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13offset — The verb means ‘to counterbalance’ or ‘to compensate for’ and apart from a couple of technical uses has had a limited range until recently. Now, with climate change in everyone s thoughts, it has taken on a new lease of life as the word that… …

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  • 14Offset — er en betegnelse for en fotografisk trykmtode med gummidug …

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  • 15offset — → ófset …

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  • 16offset — (n.) 1550s, act of setting off (on a journey, etc.), from OFF (Cf. off) + SET (Cf. set) (adj.). Meaning something set off against something else, a counterbalance is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which… …

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  • 17offset — s. m. Processo de impressão por duplo decalque, em que a forma imprime sobre uma chapa de cauchu que depois se reproduz no papel.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …

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  • 18offset — (izg. òfset) m DEFINICIJA v. ofset ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 19offset — countervail, balance, Compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise Analogous words: Neutralize, negative, counteract: *nullify, negate: redeem, reclaim, save, *rescue …

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  • 20offset — [v] counterbalance, compensate account, allow for, atone for, balance, be equivalent, cancel out, charge, counteract, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, equal, equalize, equipoise, make amends, make up for, negate, neutralize, outweigh,… …

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