baseline

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.