different between current vs baseline

English

Etymology

From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere, present active infinitive of curr? (“I run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/, /?k???nt/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

current (countable and uncountable, plural currents)

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. the part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

   Synonyms: flow, stream

3. (electricity) the time rate of flow of electric charge.

   • Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
   • Units:

   SI: ampere (A)

   CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

   Synonym: electric current

4. a tendency or a course of events

   Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency

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Translations

Adjective

current (comparative currenter or more current, superlative currentest or most current)

1. existing or occurring at the moment

   Synonyms: present; see also Thesaurus:present

   Antonyms: future, past

2. generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

     That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.

   Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable

3. (obsolete) running or moving rapidly

   • Lik to the corrant fyr that renneth
     Upon a corde

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien

     To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

   Synonym: speeding

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Translations

Anagrams

• Curtner

Latin

Verb

current

1. third-person plural future active indicative of curr?

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