offstanding

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English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

From offstand.

Verb

offstanding

present participle and gerund of offstand

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