offsetting

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount countable,uncountable
    — Such offsettings tend to reduce the variations of the aggregate.
  2. The act or process of offsetting or displacing; displacement. countable,uncountable
    — It is rarely the case that one can actually place hands on the contact of faulted beds, and the displacement is usually indicated by an offsetting of outcrops or the abrupt termination of beds along their strike.
  3. The amount by which something is offset or displaced; an offset or displacement. countable,uncountable
    — After a thorough examination it showed that the structure was very poor, the channel changed its profile regularly (i.e. egg-shaped, circular, arch shaped) and also showed several vertcal ledges with axis offsettings of up to 0.5 m. .
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of offset form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

offsettings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
carbon offsetting

词源

词源 1
By surface analysis, offset + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, offset + -ing.
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