Card holders will now see one of a couple of letters in a circle. W, which means âwhiteâ for military or civilian employee, G which means âgreenâ is for contractors, B is for âblueâ and is the ID color for non-citizens.
Definition of Offset. Babylon English. Reverse impression from the face of a sheet of stamps onto the back of another sheet. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
Ablation (n.) (Aerospace) Wearing away of the outer layers of a protective shield or surface by the heat and aerodynamic forces caused by flying through the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, as during reentry from space; as, ablation of the heat shield during reentry.