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