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baseline
[ beys-lahyn ]
noun
- 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.
- Typography. the imaginary line on which the bottoms of primary letters align.
- Surveying. triangulation1
- Electronics. a horizontal or vertical line formed on the face of a cathode-ray tube by the sweep of the scanning dot.
- Naval Architecture. a line on the body plan or sheer plan of a hull, representing a horizontal reference plane for vertical dimensions.
adjective
- basic or essential.
baseline
/ ˈɪˌɪ /
noun
- surveying a measured line through a survey area from which triangulations are made
- an imaginary line, standard of value, etc, by which things are measured or compared
- a line at each end of a tennis court that marks the limit of play
Example Sentences
But the disease would once again become endemic, meaning ever-present at some baseline level, like influenza, which sickens millions and kills thousands in the U.S. every year.
These laws are not congressional whim—they arise from and embody the Constitution’s baseline requirement that the political branches act rationally when they make major economic decisions.
Raducanu played more aggressively in the second set but also had to dig deep as Lamens tried to pin her back behind the baseline.
The U.S. has threatened to slap a 26% tariff on Indian exports — up from a baseline 10% covering exports from all nations — if no deal is reached during the tariff pause that stretches until July.
On April 2 — which Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” — he announced a baseline tariff of 10% on imported goods from all foreign countries.
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