Pit or PIT may refer to:

Structure

Ball pit A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but sometimes ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for s ...

, a recreation structure * Casino pit, the part of a casino which holds gaming tables *

Trapping pit Trapping pits are deep pits dug into the ground, or built from stone, in order to trap animals. European rock drawings and cave paintings reveal that bear, moose and wolf were hunted since the Stone Age using trapping pits. Remains of trapping ...

, pits used for hunting * Pit (motor racing), an area of a racetrack where pit stops are conducted * Trading pit, a part of a trading floor where open outcry takes place *

Pit cave A pit cave, shaft cave or vertical cave—or often simply called a pit (in the US) and pothole or pot (in the UK); jama in Slavic languages scientific and colloquial vocabulary (borrowed since early research in the Western Balkan Dinaric Alpin ...

, a natural cave containing a vertical shaft * Mine (mining) **

Open-pit mine Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or ...

, surface extraction of rock or minerals **

Coal mine Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...

or pit

Science and technology

* Pit, an excavation on metallic surface caused by

pitting corrosion Pitting corrosion, or pitting, is a form of extremely localized corrosion that leads to the random creation of small holes in metal. The driving power for pitting corrosion is the depassivation of a small area, which becomes anodic (oxidation re ...

* Pit, one of many indentations used to store data on a

compact disc The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of hol ...

Pit (botany) Pits are relatively thinner portions of the cell wall that adjacent cell (biology), cells can Cell communication, communicate or exchange fluid through. Pits are characteristic of cell walls with Cell wall#Rigidity of cell walls, secondary layers ...

, a part of plant cell walls which allows the exchange of fluids *

Pit (nuclear weapon) In nuclear weapon design, the pit is the core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it. Early pits were spherical, while most modern pits are prolate spheroidal. ...

, the core of an implosion weapon *

Pit bull Pit bull is an umbrella term for several Dog type, types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers. In the United States, the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, A ...

, a breed of dog * PIT tag, Passive Integrated Transponder for RFID system *

Powered industrial truck In legal terms of the United States, a powered industrial truck (PIT) is a specialized motor vehicle (truck) defined in several standards: ANSI B56.1-1969 (PIT is a “mobile, power propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier m ...

, a US legal term *

Point in time In physics and the philosophy of science, instant refers to an infinitesimal interval in time, whose passage is instantaneous. In ordinary speech, an instant has been defined as "a point or very short space of time," a notion deriving from its etym ...

, time and date something took place *

Probability integral transform In probability theory, the probability integral transform (also known as universality of the uniform) relates to the result that data values that are modeled as being random variables from any given continuous distribution can be converted to rando ...

, a theorem in probability and statistics *

Programmable interval timer In computing and in embedded systems, a programmable interval timer (PIT) is a counter that generates an output signal when it reaches a programmed count. The output signal may trigger an interrupt. Common features PITs may be one-shot or periodi ...

, a computing device *

Pulsed inductive thruster A pulsed inductive thruster (PIT) is a form of ion thruster, used in spacecraft propulsion. It is a plasma propulsion engine using perpendicular electric field, electric and magnetic fields to accelerate a propellant with no electrode. Operation ...

, a device used in spacecraft propulsion *

Pyrena A pyrena () or pyrene, commonly called a pit or stone, is the fruitstone within a drupe or drupelet produced by the ossification of the endocarp or lining of the fruit. It consists of a hard endocarp tissue surrounding one or more seeds (also ...

or pit, the hard seed-bearing kernel inside drupe fruits such as peaches, olives and cherries *

Boolean prime ideal theorem In mathematics, the Boolean prime ideal theorem states that Ideal (order theory), ideals in a Boolean algebra (structure), Boolean algebra can be extended to Ideal (order theory)#Prime ideals , prime ideals. A variation of this statement for Filte ...

, which guarantees the existence of certain types of subsets in a given abstract algebra *

Polynomial identity testing In mathematics, polynomial identity testing (PIT) is the problem of efficiently determining whether two multivariate polynomials In mathematics, a polynomial is a mathematical expression consisting of indeterminates (also called variables) and ...

, the problem of efficiently determining whether two multivariate polynomials are identical. *

2-Propanoyl-3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-tropane 2-Propanoyl-3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-tropane (WF-31, PIT) is a cocaine Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Er ...

, a cocaine analog * As a file extension, .pit stands for '' Partition Information Table''

Arts and entertainment

Games

* ''Pit'' (game), a Parker Brothers card game simulating a commodities exchange * Pit (''Kid Icarus''), the main character in the video game series ''Kid Icarus''

Music

Front ensemble In a marching band, drum and bugle corps, or indoor percussion ensemble, the front ensemble or pit is the stationary percussion ensemble. This ensemble is typically placed in front of the football field, though some designers may use atypical l ...

, the stationary percussion section in a marching band or drum corps *

Mosh pit Moshing (also known as slam dancing or simply slamming) is an extreme style of dancing in which participants push or slam into each other. Taking place in an area called the mosh pit (or simply the pit), it is typically performed to aggressive s ...

, an area for dancing at a concert *

Orchestra pit An orchestra pit is an area in a theatre (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage) in which musicians perform. The orchestra plays mostly out of sight in the pit, rather than on the stage as for a concert, when providing music fo ...

, the area in a theater, between the stage and audience, in which musicians perform

People

Pit Martin Hubert Jacques "Pit" Martin (December 9, 1943 – November 30, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who served as captain for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1975 to 1977. He was an NHL All-Star and ...

(1943–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player * Pit Seng Low (born 1995), Australian badminton player * Pit Schubert (1935–2024), German author and mountain climber * Pit Schlechter (born 1990), Luxembourgish cyclist * Pit Passarell (1968–2024), Brazilian heavy metal and rock musician * Alfred Lépine (1901–1955), Canadian ice hockey player and coach *

Pit Leyder Pit Leyder (born 11 January 1997) is a Luxembourgish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2019 for and for the team in 2019, as a stagiaire. Major results ;2015 : National Junior Road Championships ::3rd Luxe ...

(born 1997), Luxembourgish cyclist * Pit Kroke (1936–2016), German architect and artist * Pit Gilman (1864–1950), American baseball player *

Pit Corder Stephen Pit Corder (6 October 1918 – 27 January 1990) was a professor of applied linguistics at Edinburgh University, known for his contribution to the study of error analysis. He was the first Chair of the British Association for Applied Li ...

(1918–1990), English linguist * Pit Brandenburger (born 1995), Luxembourgish swimmer * Pit Beirer (born 1972), German motocross racer and team manager

Places

United States

* Pit River, a watershed in California *

Peoples Improv Theater The Peoples Improv Theater (PIT), also known as the PIT, is a comedy theater and training center in New York City, founded by comedian Ali Farahnakian in 2002. Shows combine improvisational comedy, sketch comedy, stand-up comedy, stand-up, theate ...

, a venue in New York City *

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

(abbreviation), a city in Pennsylvania *

Pittsburgh International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport —originally Greater Pittsburgh Airport and later Greater Pittsburgh International Airport—is a civil-military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Abou ...

(IATA code)

Sports

An abbreviation for Pittsburgh sports teams, such as: *

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. Founded in 1933 P ...

, a football team in the NFL *

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...

, a baseball team in MLB *

Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. The Penguins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), E ...

, a hockey team in the NHL *

Pittsburgh Condors The Pittsburgh Condors were a professional basketball team in the original American Basketball Association (ABA). Originally called the Pittsburgh Pipers, they were a charter franchise of the ABA and captured the first league title. The team pla ...

, a former basketball team in the NBA

Transport

* Palitana railway station, Gujarat, India, Indian Railways station code PIT

Other uses

Party of Independence and Labour The Party of Independence and Labour (, PIT) is a socialist and formerly communist political party in Senegal. For years it was led by Amath Dansokho. History PIT emerged from the Senegalese branch of the African Independence Party (PAI). At the ...

(), a Senegalese political party * Ivorian Workers' Party (), an Ivorian political party *

PIT maneuver The PIT maneuver (precision immobilization techniqueRaviv, Shaun, and John Sullivan"Police driving maneuver used to end chases has killed 30 people since 2016, The Post finds", ''Washington Post'', August 24, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-24.), al ...

, a ramming tactic used by law enforcement in vehicle pursuits * Bie (surname), Chinese surname also romanized as Pit