baseline
IPA: bˈeɪsɫaɪn
noun
- A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
- A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
- (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
- (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
- (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.
- (tennis) To play from the baseline.
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Examples of "baseline" in Sentences
- Giving him the baseline is a no-no but I didn't want to get in the middle.
- The baseline is the 2006 figures of 12.4 million metric tons CO2 equivalent.
- However, this does not change the fact that the news and the GOPers are shouting about 8.5% and 9.0% as though baseline is an actual 0.0%.
- TODD: John Alterman says at the very least the Iraq Study Group's report has become what he calls the baseline for all future discussions about Iraq.
- But if the baseline is that the evil Cheney-Bush administration is lying to us, that they went beyond even what the evil John Yoo memos said waslegal
- TODD: Jon Alterman says, at the very least, the Iraq Study Group's report has become what he calls the baseline for all future discussions about Iraq.
- What they hope to do is build what they call a baseline of information from these previously monitored sites and perhaps replace some of that monitoring equipment.
- They're going to check that monitoring equipment, try and form what they call a baseline, figure out what it is Iraq has been doing over the last four years -- Paula.
- The review went beyond a certain baseline in tone, while the relationship was beyond a certain baseline in involvement (to the extent that the ethical questions are as much about recusement as disclosure).
- And then they have to go through a lot of procedures, setting up an operation, beginning what they call a baseline to -- of inspections to look at, you know, Saddam Hussein, what's happened in the last four years since weapons inspectors left.
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