setback

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

   “After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.”

2. isim Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
3. isim The required distance between a structure and a road.
4. isim A step-like recession in a wall.

   “Setbacks were initially used for structural reasons, but now are often mandated by land use codes.”

5. isim An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.

   “Fuel savings from thermostat setbacks have long been accepted as fact, but little documentation existed to support it.”

6. isim A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
7. isim A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.