What's the difference between compensating and offset?

Compensating


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compensate

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The acute effect of alcohol manifested itself by decreasing mitochondrial respiration, compensated by increased glycolytic activity of the myocardium so that myocardial energy phosphate concentration remained unchanged.
  • (2) Results suggest that these resins should be used with some method to compensate for the shrinkage, when used as index material.
  • (3) Medical prevention and technique and then compensation for these occupational nuisances are then described.
  • (4) The hemorrhagic syndrome (HS) was identified in 16% of patients with chronic active hepatitis, in 26% with compensated and in 76% with decompensated LC.
  • (5) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
  • (6) level was increased in 13 of 19 measurements made in this group, state named "compensated hypothyroidism" according to Patel and Burger.
  • (7) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
  • (8) The solution to these problems would seem either to reduce the time spent in rectangular wires or to change to a bracket with reduced torque, together with appropriate second order compensations in the archwire or the bracket.
  • (9) A compensator connected to the section consisting of the pump-main line-operating member and including a pneumatic resistance and a flaxid non-elastic container enables it in combination with the feedback to maintain through the volumetric displacement of the gas, or changing the pump diaphragm position, the stability of the gas volume in the pneumatic transmission element of the assisted circulation apparatus.
  • (10) Sympathochromaffin catecholamines are not normally critical but compensate and become critical when glucagon is deficient.
  • (11) The stretch reflex in man has a direct role in compensating for small disturbances during motor tasks.
  • (12) The ideal prophylaxis should compensate for the undesired effects of an operation or injury on the coagulation system, without subjecting the patient to the danger of elevated tendency to bleed.
  • (13) Advocates would point to the influence Giggs maintains in the United midfield – developing a more creative game from a central role to compensate for the loss of his once blistering pace.
  • (14) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
  • (15) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
  • (16) The government also faced considerable international political pressure, with the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Juan Méndez, calling publicly on the government to "provide full redress to the victims, including fair and adequate compensation", and writing privately to David Cameron, along with two former special rapporteurs, to warn that the government's position was undermining its moral authority across the world.
  • (17) Taxpayers will pick up an immediate £40m bill for compensating the four shortlisted companies that bid for the west coast franchise.
  • (18) Adreno-cortical compensation of the concentration of the hormone did not occur in the post-castration period.
  • (19) The principle of antagonistic compensation was presented by RIESENFELD in 1966 to explain the relative shortening and broadening of hypofunctional bones.
  • (20) But he won’t call.” Allardyce is also cynical about an offer from Swansea to compensate around 300 Sunderland fans who had booked trips to Wales before the date change.

Offset


Definition:

  • (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something
  • (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
  • (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.
  • (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
  • (n.) 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; -- called also set-off.
  • (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
  • (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
  • (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Offset
  • (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
  • (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
  • (v. i.) To make an offset.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) McDonald said cutting better deals with suppliers and improving efficiency as well as raising some prices had only partly offset the impact of sterling’s fall against the dollar.
  • (2) He said: "Monetary policy affects the exchange rate – which in turn can offset or reinforce our exposure to rising import prices.
  • (3) Displacement of a colinear line over the same range without an offset evoked little, if any, response.
  • (4) Simple interconversion cannot account for the changes in binding that occur upon adding GMP-PNP or removing magnesium, since the increase in [R2]t exceeds the decrease in [R1]t. Moreover, the apparent amount of high-affinity complex exhibits a biphasic dependence on the concentration of [3H]histamine; an increase at low concentrations is offset by a decrease that occurs at higher concentrations.
  • (5) That the opposite was observed in our study indicates that the increase in Pst(L), which results from parenchymal hysteresis, offsets any dimensional decrease in upstream airways due to airways hysteresis.
  • (6) The minimal advantage in rapidity of stone dissolution offered by tham E over tham is more than offset by the considerably increased potential for toxic side effects.
  • (7) Updated at 3.42pm GMT 3.12pm GMT Key issue: Local authorities may lack expertise to implement BO The EAC raised concerns about the management and oversight of biodiversity offsetting.
  • (8) The wave forms of the equiluminance stimulus onset responses were similar to ERGs evoked with luminance decrease and the stimulus offset PERGs were like ERGs elicited by luminance increase.
  • (9) The median offset potential ranged from 0.5 to 4 mV.
  • (10) During each session, measurements were made of either tonic accommodation or tonic vergence 30 s before stimulus onset and at 0.5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 min after stimulus offset.
  • (11) But Matt Collins of Exeter University said it was unlikely to cause an absolute cooling: "It could offset some of the warming, but really the greenhouse gas signal wins over the AMOC.
  • (12) These channels underlie the graded active responses that can be elicited at the offset of abrupt hyperpolarizing and depolarizing intracellular current pulses.
  • (13) This would explain why the presence of ammonium sulphate appreciably offsets the effects of decreasing pH and also the exponential relationship between rate of nitrite loss and ammonium sulphate concentration.
  • (14) This will be vital to offset diminishing contributions from government spending and sluggish household demand.
  • (15) That would mark a controversial break from its existing policy, whereby the ECB offsets bond purchases by draining liquidity from the system in separate operations.
  • (16) Flow-karyotypes are normalized using an iterative fitting procedure, using corrections for (1) amplification of HO and CA fluorescence, (2) cross-talk between the fluorescence signals of HO and CA, and (3) offset of the HO and CA origin.
  • (17) "2013 was a tough year for us both in minerals and in oil and gas," Cochrane said, adding that the group had relied on"self help", including diversification which offset some of the challenges in its core mining market, improving operational efficiency, and strong growth in its after sales business, where orders were up 16% on 2012 and which accounted for 63% of revenues last year.
  • (18) During rest at high altitude, a 32% decrease in coronary blood flow was largely offset by a 28% increase in coronary arterial O2 extraction to maintain myocardial O2 delivery.
  • (19) Alternatives include treatment with sufficient human or porcine FVIII to offset inhibitors, use of materials that reestablish hemostasis even though FVIII levels are not increased (the so-called FVIII-bypassing agents), manipulation of immune responses through physical depletion of inhibitor by plasmapheresis or affinity chromatography, and administration of intravenous immunoglobulin or immunosuppressive cytotoxic drugs.
  • (20) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.

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