base year

noun

Definitions

  1. a year chosen for comparison with other years, in statistical analysis and various…

    a year chosen for comparison with other years, in statistical analysis and various indices, such as a price index. It usually has an arbitrary value of 100 to make percentage comparisons easier. A new base year can be chosen as the years progress.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for base year. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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