different between baseline vs fixture

English

Etymology

base +? line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?sla?n/
• Homophone: bassline

Noun

baseline (plural baselines)

1. A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.

2. A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
3. (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.

   Coordinate terms: beardline, midline, capline, topline

4. (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.

5. (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.

Hypernyms

• line

Derived terms

• baselined
• baseliner

Related terms

• baseline driver
• baseline game

Translations

Verb

baseline (third-person singular simple present baselines, present participle baselining, simple past and past participle baselined)

1. (engineering, computing) To provide a baseline for measurement.
2. (tennis) To play from the baseline.

Further reading

• baseline (typography) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseline (configuration management) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseline (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseline (surveying) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Balinese, sabeline

English

Etymology

Alteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?kst??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?kst??/

Noun

fixture (plural fixtures)

1. (law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
2. A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
3. A lighting unit; a luminaire.
4. (sports) A scheduled match.
5. (computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
6. A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.

Translations

Further reading

• fixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)

1. (transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.

   The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.

2. (transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

fixture m (plural fixtures)

1. (sports) fixture
2. the whole schedule of games to be played in a championship, indicating when each game is to be played, and which team is to play at home
3. the whole list of games to be played by a given team, indicating the date of each game, and which team is to play at home