baseline

Variant of base line

noun

    1. a line serving as a base
    2. any starting or reference point, figure, amount, level, etc. with which others can be measured or compared
    3. Surveying a horizontal line measured with special accuracy to provide a base for survey by triangulation
  1. Baseball the unmarked lane, six feet (1.8 m) wide, between any two consecutive bases: a base runner must normally stay within this lane
  2. Basketball end line; esp., an area of the court just inside this line
  3. Tennis the line at the back at either end of the court
Also baseline

noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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