Pitch

Pitch may refer to:

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Acoustic frequency

• Pitch (music), the perceived Audio frequency including "definite pitch" and "indefinite pitch"
• Absolute pitch or "perfect pitch"
• Pitch class, a set of all pitches that are a whole number of octaves apart
• Relative pitch, the ability to identify a given musical interval between two notes
• Pitch accent, a form of accentuation in speech

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Business

• Sales pitch, a line of talk that attempts to persuade someone or something
• Pitch (filmmaking), a proposal for a film
• Elevator pitch, a very short sales presentation, allegedly short enough to be made during an elevator ride

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Measurement

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Movement about the transverse axis

• Pitch angle (or pitch rotation), one of the angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing rotation about the side-to-side axis
• Pitch (aviation), one of the aircraft principal axes of rotation (nose-up or nose-down angle measured from horizontal axis)
• Pitch (ship motion), one of the ship motions' principal axes of rotation (bow-up or bow-down angle measured from horizontal axis)
• Pitch-up, an uncommanded nose-upwards aerodynamical rotation of an aircraft.

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Angle measurement

• Pitch or grade (slope), the steepness of a slope or an object confirming to a slope
• Roof pitch relates to the slope and inclination angle
• Pitch, or rake, in geology, the angle between a line and the strike of the plane on which it was found

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Electromagnetism

• Pitch angle (particle motion), the angle between a charged particle's velocity vector and the local magnetic field

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Mechanical engineering

• Pitch angle (engineering), the angle between a bevel gears' element of a pitch cone and its axis

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Linear measurement "Pitch" is widely used to describe the distance between repeated elements in a structure possessing translational symmetry:

• Pitch (gear), the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth
• Pitch (screw) the distance between turns of a screw thread
• Blade pitch the distance between the front edge and the rear edge of a propeller blade
• Pitch, the distance between passes in the helical scanning pattern of X-ray computed tomography
• Pitch (typewriter), the number of characters and spaces in one inch (25.4 mm) of running text
• Pitch, the distance between bits in a parallel integrated circuit element such as a register file
• Dot pitch in images
• Pin pitch, the distance between centers of pins in electronics packaging
• Seat pitch, the spacing between seat rows in an aircraft

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Arts, entertainment, and media

• Pitch (film)
• Pitch (TV series)
• Pitch Weekly, a free urban weekly newspaper in Kansas City

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Plants

• Pitch (resin), a viscous substance produced by plants or formed from petroleum
• Pitch Pine ( Pinus rigida), trees

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Sports and recreation

• Pitch (climbing), a term used in climbing and also caving
• Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball from a pitcher to the catcher(s)
• Pitch (card game) (or "High, or Low Jack"), an American trick-taking card game
• Pitch (sports field), a field of play and is usually outdoors
• Cricket pitch
• Field hockey pitch
• Rugby pitch
• Football pitch
• The bounce of a cricket ball
• Pitch, a lateral pass in gridiron football
• Pitching, the process of assembling a tent

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See also

• Pitch Black (disambiguation)
• Pitcher
• Pitchfork
• Pitchware
• "Pitchy", a song by Basshunter from his Calling Time album
• The Pitch (disambiguation)
• Pitch (resin)

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