Pitch may refer to:

Acoustic frequency

Pitch (music) Pitch is a perception, perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale (music), scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associate ...

, the perceived frequency of sound 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 pitch-accent language is a type of language that, when spoken, has certain syllables in words or morphemes that are prominent, as indicated by a distinct contrasting pitch (music), pitch (tone (linguistics), linguistic tone) rather than by vol ...

, a form of accentuation in speech

Business

* Sales pitch, a line of talk that attempts to persuade someone or something **

Pitch (filmmaking) In filmmaking, a pitch is a concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film or TV series generally made by a screenwriter or film director to a film producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development fi ...

, a proposal for a film **

Elevator pitch An elevator pitch, elevator speech, lift speech, or elevator statement is a short description of an idea, product, or company that explains the concept in a way such that any listener can understand it in a short period of time. This description ...

, a very short sales presentation, allegedly short enough to be made during an elevator ride

Measurement

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.

Angle measurement

* Pitch or

grade (slope) The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line is either the elevation angle of that surface to the horizontal plane, horizontal or its tangent. I ...

, 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

Electromagnetism

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

Mechanical engineering

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

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 An X-ray (also known in many languages as Röntgen radiation) is a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than those of ultraviolet rays and longer than those of gamma rays. Roughly, X-rays have a wavelength ran ...

* 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

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Pitch'' (film) * ''Pitch'' (TV series) * ''Pitch up'', a

hardstyle Hardstyle is an electronic dance music, electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Hardstyle mixes influences from techno, new beat and Hardcore (electronic dance music genre), har ...

track by Coone & Ghost * '' Pitch Weekly'', a free urban weekly newspaper in Kansas City

Plants

Pitch (resin) Pitch is a viscoelastic polymer which can be natural or manufactured, derived from petroleum, coal tar, or plants. Pitch produced from petroleum may be called bitumen or asphalt, while plant-derived pitch, a resin, is known as rosin in its sol ...

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

Sports and recreation

* Pitch (climbing), a term used in climbing and also caving *

Pitch (baseball) In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be thrown underhand, much like "pitching in horseshoes". Overhand pitching ...

, 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 A cricket pitch is the rectangular central strip of a cricket field between the two wickets, where most of the action takes place. It is long (1 Chain (unit), chain) and wide. The surface is flat and is normally covered with extremely sh ...

** Rugby pitch **

Football pitch A football pitch or soccer field is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The pitch is ty ...

* The bounce of a cricket ball * Pitch, a lateral pass in gridiron football * Pitching, the process of assembling a

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