Base-line
1Base line — Base Base, n. [F. base, L. basis, fr. Gr. ba sis a stepping, step, a base, pedestal, fr. bai nein to go, step, akin to E. come. Cf. {Basis}, and see {Come}.] 1. The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests… …
2base line — [bās′līn΄] 1. a) a line serving as a base b) any starting or reference point, figure, amount, level, etc. with which others can be measured or compared c) Surveying a horizontal line measured with special accuracy to provide a base for survey by… …
3base line — Survey line used in the government survey to establish township lines. Horizontal elevation line used as a centerline in a highway survey. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. base line …
4base-line — ● base line, base lines nom féminin (mot anglais) Slogan publicitaire placé en bas d une affiche ou d une annonce de presse, ou à la fin d un spot de publicité …
5Base Line, Arkansas — Base Line is a small community in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Base Line is located in Southwest Little Rock …
6base 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… …
7base 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… …
8base line — 1. a line from the infraorbital ridge to the external acoustic meatus and the middle line of the occiput. 2. baseline …
9base line — 1. An arbitrary line from which deflections of self potential are read [16]. 2. Shale line [16] …
10base-line — n. (Surveying.) Base …
