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Definition of Baseline

1. Noun. An imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared. "The established a baseline for the budget"

2. Noun. The back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line.

3. Noun. The lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases.

Definition of Baseline

1. Noun. A line that is a base for measurement or for construction. ¹

2. Noun. A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison. ¹

3. Noun. (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs. ¹

4. Noun. (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play. ¹

5. Noun. (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference. ¹

6. Verb. (engineering computing) To provide a baseline for measurement. ¹

7. Verb. (tennis) To play from the baseline. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baseline

1. a line at either end of a court in certain sports [n -S]

Medical Definition of Baseline

1. A line approximating the base of the skull, passing from the infraorbital ridge to the midline of the occiput, intersecting the superior margin of the external auditory meatus; the skull is in the anatomical position when the base line lies in the horizontal plane. Synonym: orbitomeatal line. (08 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baseline

based(p) based on basedoid basedowian basehead baseheads baseis baselard baselards baselayer

baselayers baseless baselessly baselessness baselike baseline foetal heart rate baseline test baseline tonus baseline variability of foetal heart rate baselined

baseliner baseliners baselines baselining baseload baseload capacity baseload demand baseloads basely

Literary usage of Baseline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Healthy People 2000 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"(baseline data available in 1991) Note: Current treatment recommendations ... Using the 1970 standard, the equivalent baseline and target values for this ..."

2. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"(baseline data available in 1991) Note: Current treatment recommendations are outlined in detail in the Report of the Expert Panel on the Detection, ..."

3. Evaluating Economic Instruments for Environmental Policy by Stephen Smith, Hans B. Vos (1997)
"What would have happened in the absence of the policy change must therefore be assessed as the baseline against which the effectiveness of a particular ..."

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