Offset

Offset stands for:

• Timber joint # offset , a carpenter-style timber joint
• Offset (printing technique) , a deviation from the standard position
• Offset (mining) , in mining, the filling of the extracted volume with dead rock
• Tramline offset, lateral shifting of a lane or tramline to calm traffic
• Offset (manufacturing technology) , geometrical errors on cast parts - when casting offset molding box elements on dividing surfaces

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Wiktionary: Offset  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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