Onset vs. Offset
Onsetnoun
(archaic) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
Onsetnoun
(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
Onsetnoun
(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
Onsetnoun
(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
Onsetnoun
A setting about; a beginning.
Onsetnoun
(obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
Onsetverb
(obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
Onsetverb
(obsolete) To set about; to begin.
Onsetnoun
A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
Onsetnoun
A setting about; a beginning; - used especially of diseases or pathological symptoms.
Onsetnoun
Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
Onsetverb
To assault; to set upon.
Onsetverb
To set about; to begin.
Onsetnoun
the beginning or early stages;
Onsetnoun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);
Onsetnoun
the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant
Onsetnoun
a military attack.
Offsetnoun
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Offsetnoun
(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 buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
Offsetnoun
A time at which something begins; outset.
Offsetnoun
The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
Offsetnoun
(programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
Offsetnoun
(signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
Offsetnoun
The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
Offsetnoun
(surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
Offsetnoun
An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
Offsetnoun
(botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
Offsetnoun
A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Offsetnoun
(architecture) 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; a set-off.
Offsetnoun
(architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
Offsetverb
(transitive) To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
Offsetverb
(transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
Offsetnoun
In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
Offsetnoun
A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
Offsetnoun
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.
Offsetnoun
A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Offsetnoun
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.
Offsetnoun
A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
Offsetnoun
See offset printing.
Offsetverb
To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
Offsetverb
To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
Offsetverb
To make an offset.
Offsetnoun
the time at which something is supposed to begin;
Offsetnoun
a compensating equivalent
Offsetnoun
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
Offsetnoun
a natural consequence of development
Offsetnoun
a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
Offsetnoun
structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
Offsetverb
compensate for or counterbalance;
Offsetverb
make up for;
Offsetverb
cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
Offsetverb
create an offset in;
Offsetverb
produce by offset printing;
Offsetnoun
a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one
Offsetnoun
the amount or distance by which something is out of line
Offsetnoun
a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement.
Offsetnoun
a small deviation or bias in a voltage or current
Offsetnoun
a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation
Offsetnoun
a spur in a mountain range.
Offsetnoun
a sloping ledge in a wall or other feature where the thickness of the part above is diminished.
Offsetnoun
a bend in a pipe to carry it past an obstacle
Offsetnoun
a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from that to the paper
Offsetverb
counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect
Offsetverb
place out of line
Offsetverb
(of ink or a freshly printed page) transfer an impression to the next leaf or sheet
