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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024base•line /ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sportthe area on a baseball diamond within which a runner must stay when running from one base to another.
- Sportthe line at each end of a tennis court that marks the in-bounds limit of play.
- a basic standard;
guideline: These results formed a baseline for future studies.
Also, ˈbase ˌline. See -lin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024base•line (bās′līn′),USA pronunciation n. Also, base′ line′. - [Baseball.]the area between bases within which a base runner must keep when running from one base to another.
- [Tennis.]the line at each end of a tennis court, parallel to the net, that marks the in-bounds limit of play.
- (in perspective drawing) a horizontal line in the immediate foreground formed by the intersection of the ground plane and the picture plane.
- a basic standard or level;
guideline:to establish a baseline for future studies. - a specific value or values that can serve as a comparison or control.
- Printing[Typography.]the imaginary line on which the bottoms of primary letters align.
- SurveyingSee under triangulation (def. 1).
- Electronicsa horizontal or vertical line formed on the face of a cathode-ray tube by the sweep of the scanning dot.
- Nautical, Naval Terms[Naval Archit.]a line on the body plan or sheer plan of a hull, representing a horizontal reference plane for vertical dimensions.
adj. - basic or essential.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: baseline /ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn/ n - a measured line through a survey area from which triangulations are made
- a line at each end of a tennis court that marks the limit of play
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