Standard vs Baseline - What's the difference?
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A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
# A level of quality or attainment.
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# Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
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#* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
# A musical work of established popularity.
# A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
# The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
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# A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
A vertical pole with something at its apex.
# An object supported in an upright position, such as a .
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# One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
# Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
# A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
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# The sheth of a plough.
A manual transmission vehicle.
(botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
(shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
A large drinking cup.
Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
(of a tree or shrub) Growing on an erect stem of full height.
Having recognized excellence or authority.
Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
(not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
As normally supplied (not optional).
A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
(typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
(tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
(engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
(engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.
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(tennis) To play from the baseline.
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, passage=By the time Maggie, who is eight years younger than Manuela, started playing, baselining was no longer enough to win points, so she learned to move around the court more …}}
As nouns the difference between standard and baseline
is that standard is a principle or example or measure used for comparison while baseline is a line that is a base for measurement or for construction.As an adjective standard
is falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.As a verb baseline is
to provide a baseline for measurement.standard
English
Noun
(en noun)- the court, which used to be the standard of property and correctness of speech
- A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
- By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver.
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- His armies, in the following day, / On those fair plains their standards proud display.
- In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards , some against walls.
- (Greene)
Adjective
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Antonyms
* nonstandardDerived terms
* bog standard * gold standard * double standard * standard-bearer * standard fare * standard gauge * standard lamp * standard language * Standard Model * standard of living * standard poodle * standard time * standard transmission * standard deviation * time standardbaseline
English
(wikipedia baseline)Noun
(en noun)- A laser level generates a convenient baseline for interior work.
- We used used the last doctor visit to provide baselines for vital statistics.
- Several characters typically have descenders below the lower baseline .
- The ref missed the call. The ball hit the baseline .
- The baseline configuration includes unsupported components.
Derived terms
* baseline driver * baseline game * baselined * baselinerVerb
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