offstanding

Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.

Adjective

  1. Standing off; standing or situated at a distance; distant; far removed; remote.
    • 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 [...] - 1865, The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society...
    • Forcing teeth farther apart was formerly regarded as a necessary preliminary step to moving offstanding ones into the arch, [...] - 1897, John Nutting Farrar, A treatise on the irregularities of the teeth and their...
    • A nut-lock including a plate perforated to receive a bolt, having an offstanding nut-engaging flange and a neck [...] - 1904, United States. Patent Office, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office: Volume...

Origin

From off- + standing. Compare Dutch afstand (“distance”), German Abstand (“distance”), Swedish avstånd (“distance”).

Forms

more offstanding most offstanding

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of offstand

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.