Offsets

v. compensate; balance; print with an offset printing press

n. offshoot; outcome; compensation, counterbalance; printing method in which a printing plate transfers ink to a blanket which in turn transfers the ink to the paper (the plate does not directly touch the paper)

See "offset" for other uses of the term. Offsets are layers of plants in the plant nursery business. They are clones of the mother plants ("hens and chicks"), meaning that they have the same genetic code. Offsets form when meristem regions of plants, such as axillary buds or homologous structures enlarge, and differentiate into a new plant with self-sustaining structures.  Tulips and lilies are examples which display offset characteristics.When propagating plants to increase a stock of a cultivar, thus seeking identical copies of parent plant, various cloning techniques (asexual reproduction) are used. Offsets is a natural means by which plants may be cloned.
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Noun
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"
(synonym) beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime
(hypernym) point, point in time
(hyponym) birth
2. a compensating equivalent
(synonym) counterbalance
(hypernym) compensation
(derivation) cancel, set off
3. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
(synonym) stolon, runner
(hypernym) plant organ
4. a natural consequence of development
(synonym) outgrowth, branch, offshoot
(hypernym) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
5. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
(synonym) offset printing
(hypernym) printing, printing process
(hyponym) photo-offset printing, photo-offset
6. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
(synonym) set-back, setoff
(hypernym) structure, construction
Verb
1. compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals"
(synonym) countervail
(hypernym) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(derivation) counterbalance
2. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
(synonym) cancel, set off
(hypernym) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(hyponym) counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance
(derivation) counterbalance
3. cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
(hypernym) transfer
(derivation) offset printing
4. create an offset in; "offset a wall"
(hypernym) make, create
(derivation) set-back, setoff
5. produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings"
(hypernym) print, impress
(derivation) offset printing

<programming> An index or position in an array, string, or block of memory usually a non-negative integer.
E.g. the Perl function splice(ARRAY, OFFSET, LENGTH, LIST) replaces LENGTH elements starting at index OFFSET in array with LIST, where offset zero means the start of the array.
For an Intel x86 processor with a segmented address space the offset is the position of a byte relative to the start of the segment.
(2004-02-27)

A concept whereby emissions from proposed new or modified stationary sources are balanced by reductions from existing sources to stabilize total emissions. (See: bubble, emissions trading, netting)