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baseline
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun baseline has 3 senses
- baseline(n = noun.linkdef) Array - an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget" is a kind of criterion, measure, standard, touchstone
- baseline(n = noun.location) service line - the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line; Array is a kind of line
- baseline(n = noun.location) Array - the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases; Array is a kind of line
CIDE DICTIONARY
baseline, n.
- an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; as, they established a baseline for the budget. [WordNet 1.5]
- the back line at each end of a tennis court. [WordNet 1.5]
- the lines between bases on a baseball field along which a baseball player must run while running the bases. [WordNet 1.5]
- a measurement that represents the value of a physical quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity) in the absence of effects from other variables in a measurement, test or experiment; a control value. [PJC]
- any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a visual display in an electronic device, used as a reference point to which other values are referred. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
baseline, n.
1 a line used as a base or starting-point.
2 (in lawn tennis) the line marking each end of a court.
1 a line used as a base or starting-point.
2 (in lawn tennis) the line marking each end of a court.
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