# Pitch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pitch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pitch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch > Source revision: 1302320404 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Pitch** may refer to: ## Acoustic frequency - [Pitch (music)](/source/Pitch_(music)), the perceived [frequency of sound](/source/Audio_frequency) including "definite pitch" and "indefinite pitch" - [Absolute pitch](/source/Absolute_pitch) or "perfect pitch" - [Pitch class](/source/Pitch_class), a set of all pitches that are a whole number of octaves apart - [Relative pitch](/source/Relative_pitch), the ability to identify a given musical interval between two notes - [Pitch accent](/source/Pitch_accent), a form of accentuation in speech ## Business - [Sales pitch](/source/Sales_pitch), a line of talk that attempts to persuade someone or something - [Pitch (filmmaking)](/source/Pitch_(filmmaking)), a proposal for a film - [Elevator pitch](/source/Elevator_pitch), a very short sales presentation, allegedly short enough to be made during an elevator ride ## Measurement ### Movement about the transverse axis - [Pitch angle](/source/Pitch_angle_(kinematics)) (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)](/source/Pitch_(aviation)), one of the aircraft principal axes of rotation (nose-up or nose-down angle measured from horizontal axis) - [Pitch (ship motion)](/source/Pitch_(ship_motion)), one of the ship motions' principal axes of rotation (bow-up or bow-down angle measured from horizontal axis) - [Pitch-up](/source/Pitch-up), an uncommanded nose-upwards aerodynamical rotation of an aircraft. ### Angle measurement - Pitch or [grade (slope)](/source/Grade_(slope)), the steepness of a slope or an object confirming to a slope - [Roof pitch](/source/Roof_pitch) relates to the slope and inclination angle - Pitch, or [rake](/source/Rake_(geology)), in geology, the angle between a line and the strike of the plane on which it was found ### Electromagnetism - [Pitch angle (particle motion)](/source/Pitch_angle_(particle_motion)), the angle between a charged particle's velocity vector and the local magnetic field ### Mechanical engineering - [Pitch angle (engineering)](/source/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](/source/Translational_symmetry): - [Pitch (gear)](/source/Pitch_(gear)#Pitch_nomenclature), the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth - [Pitch (screw)](/source/Pitch_(screw)) the distance between turns of a screw thread - [Blade pitch](/source/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](/source/X-ray_computed_tomography) - [Pitch (typewriter)](/source/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](/source/Register_file) - [Dot pitch](/source/Dot_pitch) in images - Pin pitch, the distance between centers of pins in [electronics packaging](/source/List_of_electronics_package_dimensions#Dimension_reference) - [Seat pitch](/source/Seat_pitch), the spacing between seat rows in an aircraft ## Arts, entertainment, and media - [*Pitch* (film)](/source/Pitch_(film)) - [*Pitch* (TV series)](/source/Pitch_(TV_series)) - *[Pitch Weekly](/source/Pitch_Weekly)*, a free urban weekly newspaper in Kansas City ## Plants - [Pitch (resin)](/source/Pitch_(resin)), a viscous substance produced by plants or formed from petroleum - [Pitch Pine](/source/Pitch_Pine) (*Pinus rigida*), trees ## Sports and recreation - [Pitch (climbing)](/source/Pitch_(climbing)), a term used in climbing and also caving - [Pitch (baseball)](/source/Pitch_(baseball)), a throw of a baseball from a pitcher to the catcher(s) - [Pitch (card game)](/source/Pitch_(card_game)) (or "High, or Low Jack"), an American trick-taking card game - [Pitch (sports field)](/source/Pitch_(sports_field)), a field of play and is usually outdoors - [Cricket pitch](/source/Cricket_pitch) - [Field hockey pitch](/source/Field_hockey_pitch) - [Rugby pitch](/source/Rugby_pitch) - [Football pitch](/source/Football_pitch) - The [bounce](/source/Glossary_of_cricket_terms#pitch) of a cricket ball - Pitch, a [lateral pass](/source/Lateral_pass) in gridiron football - Pitching, the process of assembling a [tent](/source/Tent) ## See also - [Pitch Black (disambiguation)](/source/Pitch_Black_(disambiguation)) - [Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) - [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork) - [Pitchware](/source/Pitchware) - "Pitchy", a song by Basshunter from his *[Calling Time](/source/Calling_Time)* album - [The Pitch (disambiguation)](/source/The_Pitch_(disambiguation)) - [Pitch (resin)](/source/Pitch_(resin)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch?action=history)). 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