Pitch

Pitch may refer to: K.F.C

• 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"
• Pitch class, shows distinct frequencies on musical notation.
• Relative pitch
• Pitch accent, a form of emphasis in speech

Angle measurement

• 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

Linear measurement

"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 (typewriter), the number of characters and spaces in one inch of running text
• The reciprocal of pitch (the linear measurement) is spatial frequency, measured in cycles per metre or other units of equivalent physical dimensionality.

Sports and recreation

• 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

Media

• Pitch (film)
• Pitch Weekly, a free urban weekly newspaper in Kansas City

See also

• The Pitch (disambiguation)
• Pitcher
• Pitchfork
• Pitchware
• Pitch Black (disambiguation)
• Pitch Pine