Associations to the word «Baseline»

Wiktionary

BASELINE, noun. A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
BASELINE, noun. A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
BASELINE, noun. (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
BASELINE, noun. (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
BASELINE, noun. (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
BASELINE, verb. (engineering) (computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.
BASELINE, verb. (tennis) To play from the baseline.

Dictionary definition

BASELINE, noun. An imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget".
BASELINE, noun. The back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line.
BASELINE, noun. The lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats