Pitch

Pitch may refer to:

Acoustic frequency

 * Pitch (music), the perceived frequency of sound including "definite pitch" and "indefinite pitch"
 * Absolute pitch or "perfect pitch"
 * Pitch class, a set of all pitches that are a whole number of octaves apart
 * Relative pitch, the ability to identify a given musical interval between two notes
 * Pitch accent, a form of accentuation in speech

Business

 * Sales pitch, a line of talk that attempts to persuade someone or something
 * Pitch (filmmaking), a proposal for a film
 * Elevator pitch, a very short sales presentation, allegedly short enough to be made during an elevator ride

Movement about the transverse axis

 * Pitch angle (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), one of the aircraft principal axes of rotation (nose-up or nose-down angle measured from horizontal axis)
 * Pitch (ship motion), one of the ship motions' principal axes of rotation (bow-up or bow-down angle measured from horizontal axis)
 * Pitch-up, an uncommanded nose-upwards aerodynamical rotation of an aircraft.

Angle measurement

 * Pitch or grade (slope), the steepness of a slope or an object confirming to a slope
 * Roof pitch relates to the slope and inclination angle
 * Pitch, or rake, in geology, the angle between a line and the strike of the plane on which it was found

Electromagnetism

 * Pitch angle (particle motion), the angle between a charged particle's velocity vector and the local magnetic field

Mechanical engineering

 * 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:


 * Pitch (gear), the distance between a point on one tooth and the corresponding point on an adjacent tooth
 * Pitch (screw) the distance between turns of a screw thread
 * 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
 * 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
 * Dot pitch in images
 * Pin pitch, the distance between centers of pins in electronics packaging
 * Seat pitch, the spacing between seat rows in an aircraft

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * Pitch (film)
 * Pitch (TV series)
 * Pitch up, a hardstyle track by Coone & Ghost
 * Pitch Weekly, a free urban weekly newspaper in Kansas City

Plants

 * Pitch (resin), a viscous substance produced by plants or formed from petroleum
 * Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida), trees

Sports and recreation

 * Pitch (climbing), a term used in climbing and also caving
 * Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball from a pitcher to the catcher(s)
 * Pitch (card game) (or "High, or Low Jack"), an American trick-taking card game
 * Pitch (sports field), a field of play and is usually outdoors
 * Cricket pitch
 * Rugby pitch
 * Football pitch
 * The bounce of a cricket ball
 * Pitch, a lateral pass in gridiron football
 * Pitching, the process of assembling a tent