Pitch

Pitch may refer to:

• Pitch is the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency. See also musical tuning for pitch systems and pitch standards.
  • Pitch, or tone of voice, refers to variation of tone in tonal language, and in languages with melodic accent
• Pitch, a throw of a baseball by a pitcher
• The playing area, or part of it, in various outdoor sports, including:
  • cricket (sport) (see here)
  • football (soccer) (see here)
  • the fictional game of quidditch
• Similarly, an open outdoor location for camping or concerts
• Pitch , a bidding, point-taking card game usually played with a partner.
• Pitch, a mining term for a vertical space; also used in caving and climbing
• Pitch, a type of resin
• Dot pitch, the distance between dots in a computer display

Also:

• Pitch, also called sap, is the fluid inside some woody plants
• Pitch, in Geometry, is a measure of an angle or incline; in this sense:
  • Pitch, in Aeronautics, is a measure of an aircraft's attitude as nose up or down (see flight dynamics)
  • Pitch, in Aviation, is the measure of the angle of a propeller
  • Pitch, in Carpentry, is the ratio of rise (vertical) over run (Horizontal) -- usually expressed in units of 12 in roof construction (i.e. a 6 rise over a 12 run is called a six twelve pitch)

• Pitch is also the distance between:
  • lines on a printed or typewritten page
  • threads on a screw
  • complete turns of a helix
  • teeth on a gear

• Other uses of Pitch as a verb:
  • to make a sales presentation
  • to set up a tent
  • to deliver a golf ball with backspin