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
  • Baselines of the Philippines
• baseline, numeric value computed for a scuba set that relates volume and pressure in the imperial system of units. Used to convert cylinder pressure to free gas volume.
• 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
• 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 back line on a pickleball court
• The end line on a basketball court
• A bassline in music
• A shifting baseline in statistics
• Baseline Killer, a serial killer who was active in the Phoenix metro area between August 2005 and June 2006

See also

• Baseline Road (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Baseline
• All pages with titles beginning with Baseline