Definition of pitch

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Pitch (n.) 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..

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Link :: Link (n.) A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like..
Sea Legs :: Sea legs () Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea..
Nepenthes :: Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant..
Uraninite :: Uraninite (n.) A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende..
Spatchcock :: Spatchcock (n.) See Spitchcock.
Major :: Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.
Topple :: Topple (v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Tough-pitch :: Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune..
Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
Camp :: Camp (v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
Underpitch :: Underpitch (v. t.) To fill underneath; to stuff.
Encampment :: Encampment (n.) The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.
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