Pitch
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Pitch may refer to:
In music:
- Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency
- Vocal range and instrumental pitch range
- Musical tuning explains pitch systems and pitch standards
- Pitch shifter, an electronic audio processor
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, often used for waterproofing and sealing boats, and flat or low-sloping roofs
- Pitch Pine, a tree species rich in resin
In recreation:
- Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball to a batter
- Pitch (sports), a playing field for various sports (especially in British and Australian English):
- Cricket pitch
- Football pitch
- Quidditch pitch (in the fictional game of Quidditch)
- An open outdoor area for various activities:
- 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 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 distance between like items:
- Dot pitch, the distance between dots in a computer display
- Thread pitch, the distance between threads on a screw
- Also, the distance between:
- complete turns of a helix
- teeth on a gear
- lines on a printed or typewritten page
- film perforations
- scanlines in video processing
- lamps in an LED display
In other senses:
- Pitch (movie), a movie by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice
- Sales Pitch, a short story by Philip K. Dick
- "Bamboo Pitch" is the English translation of the name of a bamboo forest mushroom grown as a vegetable delicacy in China.