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** threads on a [[screw]] |
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Revision as of 19:10, 7 July 2004
Pitch can refer to any of the following:
- In music:
- Pitch (music) is he property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency
- See also pitch class, pitch space, relative pitch, absolute pitch
- In linguistics:
- Pitch, or tone of voice, refers to variation of tone in tonal language, and in languages with melodic accent
- In flight dynamics pitch can refer to:
- Pitch (resin) -- Any of several types of resins
- Bitumen or tar pitch
- Pitch (cricket) -- part of the playing area in the sport of cricket
- Pitch (geographic) -- A vertical space; a term originally used in mining, now also used in the sports of caving and climbing
- Pitch (card game) -- A bidding, point-taking game usually played in partnership
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