English-Portuguese translations for baseline

• referência
  Terá de incluir um ponto de referência, de que, por fim, já dispomos hoje. It will have to include a baseline, which we currently, finally, have.
  Qualquer que seja a quantidade de agente poluidor presente na água, parece querermos classificá-la como se essa quantidade equivalesse a um nível de referência mínimo, ou a um nível aceitável. No matter how much of the pollutant is in the water, we seem to want to call that the baseline, the acceptable level.
  Assim, a meu ver, o período de referência deve abranger um intervalo de tempo tão largo quanto possível, ou seja, 2007 a 2009. The baseline period should therefore, in my opinion, cover as far-reaching a period as possible, in other words the years 2007-2009.

Definition of baseline

• A line that is a base for measurement or for construction
• A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison
• A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs
• The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play
• A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference
• To provide a baseline for measurement
• To play from the baseline

Examples

• A laser level generates a convenient baseline for interior work
• We used the last doctor visit to provide baselines for vital statistics
• Several characters typically have descenders below the lower baseline
• The umpire missed the call. The ball hit the baseline
• The baseline configuration includes unsupported components

Related words

• Basel
• baseless
• Basel-Stadt
• Basel-Country
• basely
• baselessly
• very long baseline interferometry