baseline

English Online Dictionary. What means baseline‎? What does baseline mean?

English

Etymology

base +‎ line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪslaɪn/
• Homophone: bassline

Noun

baseline (plural baselines)

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

2. A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
3. (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.

   Coordinate terms: beardline, midline, capline, topline

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

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

Hypernyms

• line

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

1. (engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.
2. (tennis) To play from the baseline.

Further reading

• baseline (typography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseline (configuration management) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseline (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseline (surveying) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Balinese, sabeline