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# An effort to [[sell]] or [[promote]] something.
# An effort to [[sell]] or [[promote]] something.
#: {{ux|en|He gave me a sales '''pitch'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|He gave me a sales '''pitch'''.}}
# The [[distance]] between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the [[teeth]] of a [[saw]], the turns of a screw thread, or [[letters]] in a [[monospace]] [[font]].
# The [[distance]] between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the [[teeth]] of a [[saw]] or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or [[letters]] in a [[monospace]] [[font]].
#: {{ux|en|The '''pitch''' of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''pitch''' of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''pitch''' of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''pitch''' of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.}}
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#: {{ux|en|a steep '''pitch''' in the road;  the '''pitch''' of a roof}}
#: {{ux|en|a steep '''pitch''' in the road;  the '''pitch''' of a roof}}
# {{label|en|mining}} The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the [[ore]] taken out.
# {{label|en|mining}} The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the [[ore]] taken out.
# {{label|en|engineering}} The distance from centre to centre of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; called also ''circular pitch''.
# The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
# The distance between the centres of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.


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Revision as of 03:28, 31 March 2016

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English piċ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pīx. Cognate with Dutch pek, German Pech.

Noun

pitch (plural pitches)

  1. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
    It is hard to get this pitch off of my hand.
  2. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
    They put pitch on the mast to protect it. The barrel was sealed with pitch.
    It was pitch black because there was no moon.
  3. (geology) pitchstone

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Verb

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  1. To cover or smear with pitch.
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  2. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
    • Addison
      Soon he found / The welkin pitched with sullen cloud.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English picchen, pycchen (“to thrust in, fasten, settle”), an assibilated variant of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English picken, pikken (“to pick, pierce”). More at pick.

Noun

pitch (plural pitches)

  1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
    a good pitch in quoits
  3. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
    The pitch was low and inside.
  4. (sports) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.
    The teams met on the pitch.
  5. An effort to sell or promote something.
    He gave me a sales pitch.
  6. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
    The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
    The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
    A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
  7. The angle at which an object sits.
    the pitch of the roof or haystack
  8. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
  9. A level or degree.
  10. (aviation) A measure of the degree to which an aircraft's nose tilts up or down.
    the pitch of an aircraft
  11. (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
    the propellor blades' pitch
  12. (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel rotates on its athwartships axis, causing its bow and stern to go up and down. Compare with roll, yaw and heave.
  13. The place where a busker performs.
  14. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
  15. A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
  16. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
  17. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
    The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
  18. (now UK regional) A person or animal's height.
    • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, II.3.2:
      Alba the emperor was crook-backed, Epictetus lame; that great Alexander a little man of stature, Augustus Cæsar of the same pitch […].
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  19. That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
  20. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
  21. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
    a steep pitch in the road;  the pitch of a roof
  22. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
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Verb

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  2. (transitive) To throw.
    He pitched the horseshoe.
  4. (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward home plate.
    (transitive) The hurler pitched a curveball.
    (intransitive) He pitched high and inside.
  5. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
    Bob pitches today.
  6. (transitive) To throw away; discard.
    He pitched the candy wrapper.
  7. (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
    He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
  8. (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
    At which level should I pitch my presentation?
  9. (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent).
    Pitch the tent over there.
  10. (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
    • Bible, Genesis xxxi. 25
      Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead.
  11. (transitive, intransitive, aviation or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down.
    (transitive) The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
    (intransitive) The airplane pitched.
  12. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
    The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
  13. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
    The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
  14. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
  15. To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
    • Mortimer
      the tree whereon they [the bees] pitch
  16. To fix one's choice; with on or upon.
    • Tillotson
      Pitch upon the best course of life, and custom will render it the more easy.
  17. To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
    to pitch from a precipice
    The vessel pitches in a heavy sea.
    The field pitches toward the east.
  18. To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway.
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  19. To set or fix, as a price or value.
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  20. (transitive, card games, slang) To discard a card for some gain.
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Terms derived from pitch (verb)

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Etymology 3

Unknown

Noun

pitch (plural pitches)

  1. (music) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
    The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
  2. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
    Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
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Verb

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  1. To produce a note of a given pitch.
  2. (transitive) To fix or set the tone of.
    • 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, pages 196–197:
      His "hello" was enough to recognize his voice by. I pitched mine low so he wouldn't know it.
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press). Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. ISBN 8839551107. Online version here

French

Noun

pitch m (plural pitchs)

  1. pitch (sales patter, inclination)
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