Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
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.
A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
away from or off from the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film‘s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed or from those places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
A terrace on a hillside.
The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
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.
The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
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.
To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
To place out of line.
A person who is not good enough to be considered proficient but may be useful as a backup.
A person who plays second string. A person who is kept on a sports team as a backup in case a "first-string" player is unavailable.