Baselines

/ˈbeɪsˌlaɪnz/ noun

Plural of baseline: the back boundary lines in tennis courts, or more generally, any reference line or starting measurement from which changes are compared.

From baseline + -s (plural). Baseline itself comes from base + line, with the tennis sense emerging in the late 19th century.

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