pitch (noun)

  • 41pitch pipe — noun A device much like a harmonica, used to supply a sought pitch …

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  • 42pitch accent — noun A term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise …

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  • 43pitch and putt — noun An amateur sport derived from golf, but on a smaller scale. At this resort theres an 9 hole golf course, a small putting green and an 18 hole pitch and putt course …

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  • 44pitch count — noun The number of throws that a pitcher has delivered in a game. His pitch count is up to 110; he will probably be pinch hit for next inning …

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  • 45pitch simultaneity — noun Any two or more pitches or pitch classes all of which occur simultaneously, or at the same time. May be thought of as a more general term for any possible chord. Any chord progression or harmonic progression is then a simultaneity succession …

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  • 46pitch circle — noun Mechanics an imaginary circle concentric to a toothed wheel, along which the pitch of the teeth is measured …

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  • 47pitch pipe — noun Music a small pipe used to set the correct pitch for the voice or another instrument …

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  • 48pitch blackness — noun total absence of light they fumbled around in total darkness in the black of night • Syn: ↑total darkness, ↑lightlessness, ↑blackness, ↑black • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 49pitch contour — noun rise and fall of the voice pitch • Syn: ↑intonation, ↑modulation • Derivationally related forms: ↑modulate (for: ↑modulation), ↑intone (for: ↑ …

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  • 50pitch pine — noun 1. large three needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree • Syn: ↑longleaf pine, ↑southern yellow pine, ↑Georgia pine, ↑Pinus… …

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