offset

compenser, contrebalancer

Apporter un avantage qui réduit l'effet d'un coût, d'une perte ou d'un désavantage.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : offset something against something (You may offset these expenses against your income.); be offset by something (Higher rent was offset by lower heating bills.)

Synonymes : counterbalance, compensate for, balance out

Expressions courantes : offset the cost, offset losses, offset carbon emissions

compenser, contrebalancer

Réduire l'effet d'une chose en ajoutant quelque chose qui produit l'effet inverse.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : offset something with something (We offset the higher rent with savings on travel.)

Synonymes : counterbalance, compensate for

Expressions courantes : offset the cost, offset something with something

faire ressortir, mettre en contraste

Associer des choses pour faire ressortir leurs différences, notamment pour rendre l'une d'elles plus jolie.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : contrast, set off

Expressions courantes : offset something against something, offset by something, offset a colour

compensation, contrepoids

Chose qui apporte un avantage équivalent pour compenser une perte, un coût ou un désavantage.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an offset to something (The savings provided an offset to the higher rent.)

Synonymes : counterbalance, compensation

Expressions courantes : carbon offset, offset to something, provide an offset, partial offset

décalage, déport

Distance entre la position réelle d'une chose et une position servant de référence.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : displacement, shift

Expressions courantes : horizontal offset, vertical offset, offset between something

offset, impression offset

Méthode d'impression transférant l'encre d'une plaque sur du caoutchouc, puis sur le papier.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : offset printing, offset lithography

Expressions courantes : offset printing, offset press, print by offset

décalage, déplacement

Différence entre une position dans la mémoire d'un ordinateur et la position de départ permettant de la retrouver.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an offset from something (The value is stored at an offset from the base address.)

Synonymes : address displacement

Expressions courantes : byte offset, memory offset, offset from something

tirage offset

Image imprimée en transférant l'encre d'une plaque sur du caoutchouc, puis sur le papier.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : offset print

Expressions courantes : colour offset, an offset print, an offset image