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Pitch
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'''Pitch''' may refer to:
{{wiktionary}}
In '''music''':
*
Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency
*
Vocal and instrumental pitch ranges
*
Musical tuning explains pitch systems and pitch standards
**
Absolute pitch and
relative pitch
**
Definite pitch and
indefinite pitch
In '''signal processing''':
*
Pitch shifter
*
Audio timescale-pitch modification
*
Pitch detection algorithm
In '''speech''' and '''language''':
*
Pitch accent, the system employed by tonal languages
*
Tone (linguistics) explains the variation of meaning with pitch
*
Paralanguage explains how tone of voice carries emotional meaning
In '''science''':
*
Pitch (resin), a viscous liquid, derived from plants or petroleum products
*
Pitch Pine, a tree species rich in resin
In '''recreation''':
*
Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball to a batter
* An open outdoor area for various activities (especially in British and Australian English):
**
Cricket pitch
**
Football pitch
**
Rules of Quidditch Quidditch pitch (in the fictional game of Quidditch)
**
Camping pitch
**
Concert pitch
*
Pitch (card game), a bidding, point-taking card game
* The erection of a
tent
* The delivery of a
golf ball with backspin
* The delivery in a game of
horseshoes
*
Pitch (vertical space); used in climbing and caving
In '''sales''':
*
Sales pitch, a merchant's presentation of a product or service
**
Pitch (film), a sales pitch in the movie industry
**
Elevator pitch, a very short sales pitch
**
Pitchware, a synonym for adware
A '''measure of an
angle or
incline''':
*
Pitch (flight), an aircraft's attitude as nose up or down (see
flight dynamics)
*
Blade pitch, the angle of a propeller
*
Roof pitch, the ratio of vertical over horizontal measurements in carpentry
*
Pitch (handwriting), in
graphonomics
*
Pitch (mining), the inclination of mineral veins from the vertical (also rake or dip).
A '''measure of the distance''' between like items:
*
Dot pitch, the distance between dots in a computer display
*
Screw#Mechanical_analysis Thread pitch, the distance between threads on a screw
* Pitch, the byte offset between
scanlines in video processing
* Pitch, the distance between lamps in an
light-emitting diode LED display
* Also, the distance between:
** complete turns of a
helix
** teeth on a
gear
** lines on a
printed or
typewriter typewritten page
**
film perforations
In '''other senses''':
* ''
Pitch (movie)'', a movie by
Kenny Hotz
* ''
Sales Pitch'', a short story by Philip K. Dick
* ''The Pitch'', an alt-weekly newspaper printed and distributed in
Kansas City, Missouri.
See also
*
Pitcher (container)
*
Pitchfork
*
Pitchblende
*
Flight dynamics
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Pitch (music)
Category:Aspects of music
Category:Hearing
Category:Sound
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