baseline
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Noun [edit]
baseline (plural baselines)
- A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
- A laser level generates a convenient baseline for interior work.
- A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
- We used used the last doctor visit to provide baselines for vital statistics.
- (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
- Several characters typically have descenders below the lower baseline.
- (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
- The ref missed the call. The ball hit the baseline.
- (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
- The baseline configuration includes unsupported components.
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Translations [edit]
line that is a base for measurement or for construction
datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison
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line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs
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tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play
Verb [edit]
baseline (third-person singular simple present baselines, present participle baselining, simple past and past participle baselined)
- (engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.
- 1993, M.M. Mitchell et al., “Residual Feed Cracking Catalysts”, in Magee & Mitchell editors, Fluid Catalytic Cracking[1], ISBN 0444890378, page 320:
- Finally, the test was baselined by evaluating the best and poorest catalysts of their respective types by this protocol.
- 1993, M.M. Mitchell et al., “Residual Feed Cracking Catalysts”, in Magee & Mitchell editors, Fluid Catalytic Cracking[1], ISBN 0444890378, page 320:
- (tennis) To play from the baseline.
- 2002, Susan Orlean, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup[2], ISBN 0375758631, page 260:
- By the time Maggie, who is eight years younger than Manuela, started playing, baselining was no longer enough to win points, so she learned to move around the court more …
- 2002, Susan Orlean, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup[2], ISBN 0375758631, page 260:
