offstanding
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From off- + standing. Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”), German Abstand (“distance”), Swedish avstånd (“distance”).
Adjective[edit]
offstanding (comparative more offstanding, superlative most offstanding)
- Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.
- 1865, The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London: Volume 21, Geological Society of London:
- In the offstanding hill near Little Malvern the rock is porphyritic, being composed of small, light-coloured crystals of felspar set in an amorphous greenish [...]
- 1897, John Nutting Farrar, A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their correction:
- Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...]
- 1904, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume 108, Part 1:
- A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...]
- 1969, Canada. Patent Office, Canadian Patent Office record: Volume 97:
- A conveying device, as claimed in claim 1, further including a coaxial spiral body carried by and offstanding from the core.
Etymology 2[edit]
From offstand.
Verb[edit]
offstanding
- present participle and gerund of offstand