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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared;
- Example: "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, baseline]

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

baseline \baseline\ n.
   1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured
      or compared; as, they established a baseline for the
      budget.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the back line at each end of a tennis court.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field
      along which a baseball player must run while running the
      bases.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical
      quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity)
      in the absence of effects from other variables in a
      measurement, test or experiment; a control value.
      [PJC]

   5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a
      visual display in an electronic device, used as a
      reference point to which other values are referred.
      [PJC]