Pitch

Look up pitch, pitched, pitches, or pitching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Pitch may refer to:

Pitch (resin), a viscous substance produced by plants or formed from petroleum
Pitch (card game)
Sales pitch
- Elevator pitch, a very short sales presentation, allegedly short enough to be made during an elevator ride
- Pitch (filmmaking), a proposal for a film

Acoustic frequency

Pitch (music), the perceived frequency of sound including "definite pitch" and "indefinite pitch"
Absolute pitch or "perfect pitch"
Relative pitch
Pitch accent, a form of emphasis in speech

Pitch, one of the angular degrees of freedom (mechanics)
Pitch (aviation), along with roll and yaw, an aspect of aircraft flight dynamics
Roof pitch relates to the slope and inclination angle
Pitch or grade (slope), the steepness of a slope or an object confirming to a slope
Pitch, or rake, in geology, the angle between a line and the strike of the plane on which it was found

"Pitch" is widely used to describe the distance between repeated elements in a structure possessing translational symmetry:

Dot pitch in images
Pitch (screw) the distance between turns of a screw thread
- Blade pitch of a propeller
- The distance between passes in the helical scanning pattern of X-ray computed tomography
Pitch (gear) the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth
Seat pitch, the spacing between seat rows in an aircraft
Pin pitch, the distance between pins in electronics packaging
The distance between bits in a parallel integrated circuit element such as a register file.
The spacing between characters in a text.

Pitch (ascent/descent), a term used in climbing and caving
Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball from the pitcher to the catcher
Pitch (sports field), a field of play, usually outdoors
- Cricket pitch
- Rugby pitch
A lateral pass in football
The process of assembling a tent