Definition of Base line

Babylon English
base line
n. starting line; (Printing) imaginary line on which the bottoms of letters sit (excluding the "tails" on g, y, p, q, and j); line which marks each end of the court (Tennis); area in which a runner runs from base to base on a baseball field (Baseball)

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Base line Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
base line
1. (surveying) A surveyed line established with more than usual care, to which surveys are referred for coordination and correlation. 2. (photogrammetry) The line between the principal points of two consecutive vertical air photographs. It is usually measured on one photograph after the principal point of the other has been transferred. 3. (radio navigation systems) The shorter arc of the great circle joining two radio transmitting stations of a navigation system. 4. (triangulation) The side of one of a series of coordinated triangles the length of which is measured with prescribed accuracy and precision and from which lengths of the other triangle sides are obtained by computation.
  

Rabintex Ballistic Dictionary
Base Line
Any line serving as a basis for measurement of other lines


Base line Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

Aids Glossary
base line
a line used as a base for measurement. In HIV Disease, a base line is the results of several lab tests used to monitor the effectiveness of drugs. (Commonly -- but incorrectly -- spelled as a single word: baseline)


Base line Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
BASE LINE
A horizontal level line at the lowest point of the mold lines and the top of the keel plate.

Baseball
BASE LINE
The white chalk lines that extend from home plate through first and third base to the outfield and up the foul poles, inside which a batted ball is in fair territory and outside of which it is in foul territory.


Base line Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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base line

base line
base line. (a) a main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) a line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent...
see base



Base line Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Baseline
The word baseline may refer to one of the following:

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