ALL meanings of baseline
base·line
B b - countable noun baseline The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play. 3
- countable noun baseline In baseball, the baseline is the line that a player must not cross when running between bases. 3
- countable noun baseline A baseline is a value or starting point on a scale with which other values can be compared. 3
- noun baseline a measured line through a survey area from which triangulations are made 3
- noun baseline an imaginary line, standard of value, etc, by which things are measured or compared 3
- noun baseline a line at each end of a tennis court that marks the limit of play 3
- noun baseline guiding measurement 1
- noun baseline reference point 1
- noun baseline baseball: line between bases 1
- noun baseline tennis court marking 1
- noun baseline standard 1
- transitive verb baseline establish reference point 1
- noun baseline A minimum or starting point used for comparisons. 1
- noun baseline Baseball. the area between bases within which a base runner must keep when running from one base to another. 1
- noun baseline Tennis. the line at each end of a tennis court, parallel to the net, that marks the in-bounds limit of play. 1
- noun baseline (in perspective drawing) a horizontal line in the immediate foreground formed by the intersection of the ground plane and the picture plane. 1
- noun baseline a basic standard or level; guideline: to establish a baseline for future studies. 1
- noun baseline a specific value or values that can serve as a comparison or control. 1
- noun baseline Typography. the imaginary line on which the bottoms of primary letters align. 1
- noun baseline Surveying. See under triangulation (def 1). 1
- noun baseline Electronics. a horizontal or vertical line formed on the face of a cathode-ray tube by the sweep of the scanning dot. 1
- noun baseline Naval Architecture. a line on the body plan or sheer plan of a hull, representing a horizontal reference plane for vertical dimensions. 1
- adjective baseline basic or essential. 1
- noun baseline A line that is a base for measurement or for construction. 0
- noun baseline A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison. 0
- noun baseline (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs. 0
- noun baseline (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play. 0
- noun baseline (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference. 0
- verb baseline (engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement. 0
- verb baseline (tennis) To play from the baseline. 0