Baseline

A baseline is a line that is a base for measurement or for construction.

The word baseline may refer to:

Baseline (configuration management), the process of managing change
Baseline (sea), the starting point for delimiting a coastal state's maritime zones
- Baselines of the Chinese territorial sea
- Baselines of Indonesia
Baseline (surveying), a line between two points of the earth's surface and the direction and distance between them
Baseline (typography), the line upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend
Baseline (budgeting), an estimate of budget expected during a fiscal year
Baseline (medicine), information found at the beginning of a study
Baseline (pharmacology), a person's state of mind or being, in the absence of drugs
The isoelectric line of an electrocardiogram
Baseline (interferometry), the length of an astronomical interferometer

The name Baseline may refer to:

Baseline (magazine), a magazine devoted to typography, book arts, graphic design
Baseline (database), a TV and movie industry database
Baselines (album), the 1983 debut album of composer Bill Laswell
Baseline Road (Arizona), a major east–west artery in Phoenix, Arizona
Baseline Road (Colorado), a major east–west artery in Boulder, Colorado
Baseline Road (Ottawa), a major east–west artery in Ottawa, Ontario
Baseline station, a transitway station in Ottawa
Baseline Studios, a creative digital media company based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Base Line, Arkansas
Baseline Nunataks
Baseline Rock

It may also refer to:

The base line in baseball
The back line on a tennis court, and also a style of play in tennis; see tennis strategy
The end line on a basketball court
A bassline in music
A shifting baseline in statistics
Baseline Killer, one of the two simultaneously occurring serial killer cases which terrorized the Phoenix metro area, between August 2005 and June 2006

See also