BASELINE

baseline

(noun) the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases

baseline

(noun) an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; “the established a baseline for the budget”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

baseline (plural baselines)

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

A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.

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

Coordinate terms: beardline, midline, capline, topline

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

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

Hypernyms

• line

Verb

baseline (third-person singular simple present baselines, present participle baselining, simple past and past participle baselined)

(engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.

(tennis) To play from the baseline.

Anagrams

• Balinese, sabeline

Source: Wiktionary

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