1. baseline - Noun
2. baseline - Verb
the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
Source: WordNetI'm hoping no one will be quite that stupid,” Sparver said. "Then again, this is baseline humans we're dealing with. Alastair Reynolds
So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality. Susan Sarandon
We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there. Daniel Pauly
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviours and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve. Anthony Robbins
[W]ithout some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information, and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter - then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible. Barack Obama
It is not adequate merely to produce running code. In the long term, enterprise value lies in the models themselves. They have intrinsic value in their own right, as they constitute the baseline for managing change. John Zachman