<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.</li><li>the start, beginning, or outset.</li><li>a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated.</li><li>an offshoot or branch of a specific population or family.</li><li>any offshoot; branch.</li><li>a process in which a lithographic stone or metal or paper plate is used to make an inked impression on a rubber blanket that transfers it to the paper being printed, instead of being made directly on the paper.</li><li>the impression itself.</li><li>an unintentional transfer of excess or undried ink from one printed sheet to another.</li><li>(in faults) the magnitude of displacement between two previously aligned bodies.</li><li>a spur of a mountain range.</li><li>a jog or short displacement in an otherwise straight and continuous line, as in a pipe, lever, or rod, made to avoid objects or to connect with other parts.</li><li>setoff (def 3).</li><li>a short distance measured perpendicularly from a main survey line.</li><li>a line a short distance from and parallel to a main survey line.</li><li>any of the coordinates by which any point on a hull being planned is located.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, noting, or pertaining to an offset.</li><li>pertaining to, printed by, or suitable for printing by offset.</li><li>placed away from a center line; off-center.</li><li>placed at an angle to something, as to the axis of a form, shape, or object; not parallel.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to counterbalance as an equivalent does; compensate for.</li><li>to juxtapose with something else, as for purposes of comparison.</li><li>to print by the process of offset lithography.</li><li>to establish (a line) parallel to a main survey line at an offset.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to project as an offset or branch.</li><li>to counterbalance or compensate.</li></ul>