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Commonly used terms in the Electrical industry.
DC offset current
the exponentially decaying current component that flows immediately following a fault inception. DC offset is the result of circuit inductance, and is a function of the point in the voltage wave where the fault begins. The offset for a given fault can range from no offset to fully offset (where the instantaneous current peak equals the full peak-peak value of the AC current).