• Romanian: a sari

• Finnish: kinostua
• Italian: crescere, accumularsi
• Portuguese: acumular (neve não-derretida)

Related terms

• absolute pitch
• perfect pitch
• pitch-a-fit
• pitch a tent
• pitch and putt
• pitch-black
• pitch class
• pitcher
• pitchfork
• pitch in
• pitch-pipe
• relative pitch
• sales pitch

References

Pitch may refer to: In music:

• Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency
  • Range (music), the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch a musical instrument can play
  • Vocal range, the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch a human voice can produce
  • Musical tuning explains pitch systems and pitch standards
    • Absolute pitch and relative pitch
    • Definite pitch and indefinite pitch

In speech, language, hearing, and signal processing:

• Pitch accent, a variation in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word
  • Tone (linguistics), the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
  • Paralanguage, the use of pitch (as well as volume and intonation) in speech to carry emotional meaning
• Pitch (psychophysics), the perceptual correlate of the frequency of a sound wave
• Pitch shifter (audio processor), an electronic device for modifying the pitch of sounds
• Pitch detection algorithm, an algorithm to estimate the fundamental frequency of speech or musical instrument

In nature:

• Pitch (resin), a viscous liquid, derived from plants or petroleum products, often used for waterproofing and sealing
• Pitch Pine, a tree species rich in resin

In recreation:

• Pitch (baseball), the delivery of a baseball to a batter
• Pitch (sports), a playing field for various sports (especially in British and Australian English):
  • Cricket pitch
  • Football pitch
• Pitch (vertical space); used in climbing and caving
• Pitch (card game), a bidding, point-taking card game
• An open outdoor area for various activities:
  • Camping pitch
  • Concert pitch
  • Busker's pitch
• The place where a busker performs is called their pitch
• The raising of a tent
• The delivery of a golf ball with backspin
• The delivery of a shoe in a game of horseshoes

In sales:

• Pitch (filmmaking), a sales pitch in the movie industry
• Elevator pitch, a very short sales pitch
• Pitchware, a synonym for adware

A measure of angle or incline:

• Pitch (flight), an aircraft's attitude as nose up or down
• Pitch (boat movement), similar movements to aircraft - Pitch, Roll and Yaw
• Blade pitch, the angle of a propeller
• Roof pitch, the ratio of vertical over horizontal measurements in carpentry

A measure of distance between like items:

• Dot pitch, the distance between dots in a computer display
• Thread pitch, the distance between threads on a screw
• Links of roller chain and bicycle chain
• Seat pitch, the distance between a point on one airline seat and the same point on the next
• Also, the distance between:
  • complete turns of a helix
  • teeth on a gear
  • film perforations
  • scanlines in video processing
  • leads from an integrated circuit

In arts and literature:

• Pitch (film), a movie by Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice
• Sales Pitch, a short story by Philip K. Dick

See also

• Pitchfork
• Pitch Black

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