# Baseline

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A **baseline** is a line that is a base for [measurement](/source/Measurement) or for [construction](/source/Construction).

The word **baseline** may refer to:

- [Baseline (configuration management)](/source/Baseline_(configuration_management)), the process of managing change in software or other fields
- [Baseline (sea)](/source/Baseline_(sea)), the starting point for delimiting a coastal state's maritime zones
- Baseline, in [underwater diving](/source/Glossary_of_underwater_diving_terminology#baseline), a value used to convert cylinder pressure of a tank to free gas volume
- [Baseline (surveying)](/source/Baseline_(surveying)), a line between two points of the Earth's surface and the direction and distance between them
- [Baseline (typography)](/source/Baseline_(typography)), the line upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend
- [Baseline (budgeting)](/source/Baseline_(budgeting)), an estimate of budget expected during a fiscal year
- [Baseline (science)](/source/Baseline_(science)), information found at the beginning of a study
- [Baseline (pharmacology)](/source/Baseline_(pharmacology)), a person's state of mind or being, in the absence of drugs
- The [isoelectric line](/source/Isoelectric_line) of an [electrocardiogram](/source/Electrocardiogram)
- [Baseline (interferometry)](/source/Baseline_(interferometry)), the length of an [astronomical interferometer](/source/Astronomical_interferometer)

The name **Baseline** may refer to:

- [*Baseline* (magazine)](/source/Baseline_(magazine)), a magazine devoted to typography, book arts, graphic design
- [Baseline (database)](/source/Baseline_(database)), a TV and movie industry database
- [*Baselines* (album)](/source/Baselines_(album)), the 1983 debut album of composer Bill Laswell
- [Baseline Road (Arizona)](/source/Baseline_Road_(Arizona)), a major east–west artery in Phoenix, Arizona
- [Baseline Road (Colorado)](/source/Baseline_Road_(Colorado)), a major east–west artery in Boulder, Colorado
- [Baseline Road (Ottawa)](/source/Baseline_Road_(Ottawa)), a major east–west artery in Ottawa, Ontario
- [Baseline station](/source/Baseline_station), a transitway station in Ottawa
- [Base Line, Arkansas](/source/Base_Line,_Arkansas)
- [Baseline Nunataks](/source/Baseline_Nunataks)
- [Baseline Rock](/source/Baseline_Rock)

It may also refer to:

- The [base line](/source/Baseline_(baseball)) in baseball
- The back line on a [tennis court](/source/Tennis_court), and also a style of play in tennis; see [tennis strategy](/source/Tennis_strategy)
- The back line on a [pickleball court](/source/Glossary_of_pickleball#B)
- The end line on a [basketball court](/source/Basketball_court)
- A [bassline](/source/Bassline) in music
- A [shifting baseline](/source/Shifting_baseline) in statistics
- [Baseline Killer](/source/Baseline_Killer), a serial killer who was active in the Phoenix metro area between August 2005 and June 2006

## See also

- [Baseline Road (disambiguation)](/source/Baseline_Road_(disambiguation))
- [Benchmark (disambiguation)](/source/Benchmark_(disambiguation))

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