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What is the noun for baseline?

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baseline
  1. A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
  2. A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
  3. (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
  4. (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
  5. (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “A laser level generates a convenient baseline for interior work.”
      “Use the data as a baseline against which to build your program and to evaluate its success.”
      “Robby hit a hard forehand to the baseline, which Todd returned with a drop shot.”
baseliner
  1. (tennis) A player who plays from the baseline, seldom moving to the net.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But the five-time Wimbledon champion, in reality, was a natural baseliner who consciously adapted to the serve-and-volley style to win on grass.”
      “I think there are fewer and fewer serve and volleyers around now so sooner or later you are going to see a baseliner win Wimbledon.”
      “Agassi is the buffed baseliner and Sampras the athletic serve-and-volleyer.”
baseliners
  1. plural of baseliner
baselines
  1. plural of baseline
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There was lots of moody piano, haunting baselines and dark, jazzy, horn-filled grooves.”
      “A font is 12 points high if the distance between the baselines of two adjacent lines of text is 12 points.”
      “The international standards used as baselines to certify security best practice are changing.”
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