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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

--- 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

Thread Pitch , the distance between threads on a screw

Pitch, the byte offset between Scanline s in video processing

Pitch, the distance between lamps in an LED display

Also, the distance between:

--- complete turns of a Helix

--- teeth on a Gear

--- lines on a Print ed or 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