Dictionary Definition

baseline

1 an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget"

2 the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line [syn: service line]

3 the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases

User Contributed Dictionary

a line that is a base for measurement or for construction
a datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison
a line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs
the line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play
a configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference

a line that is a base for measurement or for construction

a datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison

a line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs

the chalk line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play

The word baseline may refer to one of the following:

baseline (configuration management) is the process of managing change in hardware, software, firmware, documentation, measurements, etc
Baseline (magazine)
baseline (pharmacology)
baseline (sea), the starting point for delimiting a coastal state's maritime zones
baseline (surveying)
baseline (typography)
Baseline Road (Colorado), a major east-west artery in Boulder, Colorado
Baseline Road (Ottawa), a major east-west artery in Ottawa, Ontario
Baseline Road (Arizona), a major east-west artery in Phoenix, Arizona
Baseline Station (OC Transpo), a transitway station in Ottawa
Baseline (Budgeting)

It may also refer to:

the base line in baseball
the back line on a tennis court, and also a style of play in tennis; see tennis strategy
the end line on a basketball court
a bassline in music
a shifting baseline in statistics

baseline in French: ligne de base (homonymie)

baseline in Vietnamese: Đường cơ sở