BASELINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baseline mean? 

• BASELINE (noun)
  The noun BASELINE has 3 senses:

1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared

2. the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line

3. the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases

  Familiarity information: BASELINE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASELINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

the established a baseline for the budget

Hypernyms ("baseline" is a kind of...):

criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

baseline; service line

Hypernyms ("baseline" is a kind of...):

line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("baseline" is a kind of...):

line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)

 Context examples 

The act of observing and recording the fetal heart rate for determining the baseline values and any variations or other abnormal tracings.

(Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): The description for Screening Epoch could be "A 2-week period during which eligibility is determined and baseline measurements are taken".

(Epoch Description, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An indication or description that electrocardiogram data is a baseline value.

(Electrocardiogram Baseline Flag, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication or description that a finding about an event or intervention is a baseline value.

(Findings About Events or Interventions Baseline Flag, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication or description of a baseline value within a microbiology specimen examination.

(Microbiology Specimen Examination Baseline Flag, NCI Thesaurus)

The minimum depression (negative deflection from baseline, usually measured in mm) of the ST segment, obtained from a set of measurements of the depression of the ST segment.

(Minimum ST Segment Depression by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The minimum deviation (distance from baseline, positive or negative, usually measured in mm) of the ST segment, obtained from a set of measurements of the deviation of the ST segment.

(Minimum ST Deviation, NCI Thesaurus)

A gradual decrease in the fetal heart rate and return to baseline that is associated with a uterine contraction.

(Early Fetal Heart Rate Deceleration, NCI Thesaurus)

A Screening Epoch in which subjects' eligibility is determined and baseline measurements are made.

(Clinical Trial Epoch, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Baseline Observation Carried Forward: A data imputation technique which populates missing values with the subject's nonmissing baseline observation.

(Baseline Observation Carried Forward Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)