"baseline" meaning in English

See baseline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪslaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baseline.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baselines [plural]
Etymology: base + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|base|line}} base + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} baseline (plural baselines)
  1. A line that is a base for measurement or for construction. Translations (line that is a base for measurement or for construction): perusviiva (Finnish), bazolineo (Ido), bonnlíne [feminine] (Irish), bunlíne [feminine] (Irish), bun-linney [feminine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-noun-lI60Sgp9 Disambiguation of 'line that is a base for measurement or for construction': 87 3 6 3 2
  2. A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison. Translations (datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison): lähtökohta (Finnish), vertailukohta (Finnish), référence (French), Ausgangswert [masculine] (German), Bezugswert [masculine] (German), bonnlíne [feminine] (Irish), bunlíne [feminine] (Irish), riferimento (Italian), bun-linney [feminine] (Manx), referência [feminine] (Portuguese), referencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-noun-zKJrTi7R Disambiguation of 'datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison': 2 78 16 1 3
  3. (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs. Categories (topical): Typography Translations (typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs): účaří [neuter] (Czech), bazlinio (Esperanto), baza linio (Esperanto), peruslinja (Finnish), jalkalinja (Finnish), Schriftlinie [feminine] (German), Grundlinie [feminine] (German), alapvonal (Hungarian), bonnlíne [feminine] (Irish), bunlíne [feminine] (Irish), bun-linney [feminine] (Manx), خط کرسی (xatt-e korsi) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-noun-u8efOEMf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 18 16 19 18 19 Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'typography: line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs': 7 27 57 6 4
  4. (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play. Categories (topical): Tennis Translations (tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court): 底线 (dǐxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), takaraja (Finnish), ligne de fond de court [feminine] (French), ligne de fond [feminine] (French), Grundlinie [feminine] (German), bunlíne [feminine] (Irish), baslinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-noun-6h69IEy0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 18 16 19 18 19 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis Disambiguation of 'tennis: chalk line at the farthest ends of the court': 19 5 10 58 8
  5. (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference. Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (engineering: something established and documented as a point of reference): Grundwerte [masculine, plural] (German), Vergleichsbasis [feminine] (German), Basiswert [masculine] (German), Basislinie [feminine] (German), Ausgangsbasis [feminine] (German), Basisszenario [neuter] (German), Grundlage [feminine] (German), línea base [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-noun-OvrccQm5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 18 16 19 18 19 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'engineering: something established and documented as a point of reference': 3 4 4 3 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: line Derived forms: baselined, baseline driver, baseline game, baseliner, shifting baseline syndrome, very-long-baseline interferometry

Verb

IPA: /ˈbeɪslaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baseline.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baselines [present, singular, third-person], baselining [participle, present], baselined [participle, past], baselined [past]
Etymology: base + line Etymology templates: {{compound|en|base|line}} base + line Head templates: {{en-verb}} baseline (third-person singular simple present baselines, present participle baselining, simple past and past participle baselined)
  1. (engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement. Categories (topical): Computing, Engineering
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-verb-BDZK4c9U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 18 16 19 18 19 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (tennis) To play from the baseline. Categories (topical): Tennis
    Sense id: en-baseline-en-verb-ILKrB3qC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 18 16 19 18 19 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Susan Orlean, The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup, page 260",
          "text": "By the time Maggie, who is eight years younger than Manuela, started playing, baselining was no longer enough to win points, so she learned to move around the court more …",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play from the baseline."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tennis) To play from the baseline."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "tennis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbeɪslaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bassline"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baseline.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-baseline.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-baseline.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-baseline.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-baseline.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baseline"
}

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