onset

Onset — may refer to: Onset (audio), the beginning of a musical note or sound Interonset interval, a term in music Syllable onset, a term in phonetics and phonology Onset, Massachusetts, village in the United States Onset Island (Massachusetts), a small… …   Wikipedia

Onset — On set , n. [On + set.] 1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. Milton. [1913 Webster] The onset and retire Of both your armies. Shak. [1913 Webster] Who on that day the word of onset… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Onset — Onset, MA U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 1292 Housing Units (2000): 910 Land area (2000): 1.083253 sq. miles (2.805612 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.215025 sq. miles (0.556913 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.298278… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

Onset, MA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 1292 Housing Units (2000): 910 Land area (2000): 1.083253 sq. miles (2.805612 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.215025 sq. miles (0.556913 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.298278 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

Onset — On set , v. t. 1. To assault; to set upon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.] Carew. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

onset — I (assault) noun advance, aggression, assailment, attack, barrage, blitzkrieg, bombardment, charge, dragonnade, encounter, foray, forced entrance, fusillade, incursion, intrusion, invasion, maraud, offense, offensive, onrush, onslaught, raid,… …   Law dictionary

onset — [ɔnsɛt] n. m. ÉTYM. V. 1960; mot angl., de on « sur » et to set « mettre ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Techn. (imprim.). Procédé d impression sans contact, qui utilise les phénomènes électrostatiques. ⇒ Offset …   Encyclopédie Universelle

onset — (n.) 1530s, attack, assault, from ON (Cf. on) + SET (Cf. set) (n.); Cf. to set (something) on (someone). Weaker sense of beginning, start first recorded 1560s. Figurative use in reference to a calamity, disease, etc. is from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

onset — *attack, assault, onslaught Analogous words: aggression, offensive, offense, *attack: storming, bombarding, assailing (see ATTACK vb): invasion, raid, incursion …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

onset — [n] beginning; attack access, aggression, assailment, assault, birth, charge, commencement, dawn, dawning, encounter, inception, incipience, kickoff*, offense, offensive, onfall, onrush, onslaught, opening, origin, outbreak, outset, outstart,… …   New thesaurus

onset — ► NOUN 1) the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant. 2) archaic a military attack …   English terms dictionary