offset

compensar, contrarrestar

Aportar un beneficio que reduce el efecto de un gasto, una pérdida o una desventaja.

En inglés sencillo: To balance a cost, loss, or disadvantage by providing a benefit that reduces its effect.

• The savings offset the cost.
• Higher sales have offset our earlier losses.
• Can the extra income offset the increase in rent?

Cómo se usa: offset something against something (You may offset these expenses against your income.); be offset by something (Higher rent was offset by lower heating bills.)

Sinónimos: counterbalance, compensate for, balance out

Expresiones frecuentes: offset the cost, offset losses, offset carbon emissions

compensar, contrarrestar

Reducir el efecto de algo añadiendo otra cosa que produce el efecto contrario.

En inglés sencillo: To reduce the effect of something by adding something with an opposite effect.

• The savings offset the extra cost.
• Higher wages have offset rising food prices.
• Can we offset these losses with future profits?

Cómo se usa: offset something with something (We offset the higher rent with savings on travel.)

Sinónimos: counterbalance, compensate for

Expresiones frecuentes: offset the cost, offset something with something

contrastar, realzar

Combinar cosas para destacar sus diferencias, especialmente para que una resulte más atractiva.

En inglés sencillo: To place things together so their differences are clear, especially to make something look more attractive.

• White flowers offset the dark leaves.
• Her simple dress was offset by bright jewellery.
• The artist offset warm colours against a cool background.

Cómo se usa: offset something against something (The designer offset bright cushions against a dark sofa.); be offset by something (The plain walls were offset by colourful paintings.)

Sinónimos: contrast, set off

Expresiones frecuentes: offset something against something, offset by something, offset a colour

compensación, contrapeso

Algo que aporta un beneficio equivalente para compensar una pérdida, un gasto o una desventaja.

En inglés sencillo: Something that balances a loss, cost, or disadvantage by providing a matching benefit.

• The discount provides an offset to delivery costs.
• They bought carbon offsets for their flights.
• Higher sales offered a partial offset to rising expenses.

Cómo se usa: an offset to something (The savings provided an offset to the higher rent.)

Sinónimos: counterbalance, compensation

Expresiones frecuentes: carbon offset, offset to something, provide an offset, partial offset

desplazamiento, desfase

Distancia entre la posición real de algo y otra posición tomada como referencia.

En inglés sencillo: The distance between something's actual position and another position it is measured against.

• The two lines have a small offset.
• We measured the vertical offset between the panels.
• Adjust the offset until the images line up.

Cómo se usa: an offset between A and B (There is a small offset between the two lines.); an offset of an amount (The diagram shows an offset of five millimetres.)

Sinónimos: displacement, shift

Expresiones frecuentes: horizontal offset, vertical offset, offset between something

óffset, impresión óffset

Método de impresión que pasa la tinta de una plancha a una superficie de goma y después al papel.

En inglés sencillo: A printing method that moves ink from a plate to rubber, then onto paper.

• The printer uses offset for large orders.
• These brochures were printed by offset.
• Offset produces clear images on many types of paper.

Sinónimos: offset printing, offset lithography

Expresiones frecuentes: offset printing, offset press, print by offset

desplazamiento, offset

Diferencia entre una ubicación en la memoria de una computadora y la ubicación inicial usada para encontrarla.

En inglés sencillo: The difference between a location in computer memory and a starting location used to find it.

• The offset is eight bytes.
• Add the offset to the base address.
• Each array element has a different offset in memory.

Cómo se usa: an offset from something (The value is stored at an offset from the base address.)

Sinónimos: address displacement

Expresiones frecuentes: byte offset, memory offset, offset from something

estampa óffset, reproducción óffset

Imagen impresa pasando la tinta de una plancha a una superficie de goma y después al papel.

En inglés sencillo: An image made by transferring ink from a plate to rubber and then onto paper.

• The gallery displayed a colour offset.
• She bought an offset of the original painting.
• These offsets reproduce the artist's drawings in fine detail.

Sinónimos: offset print

Expresiones frecuentes: colour offset, an offset print, an offset image