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Dictionary definition: pitch
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- The Oxford American College Dictionary
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pitch
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• n.
1.
the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
∎
a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance. See also
concert pitch
.
2.
the steepness of a slope,
esp. of a roof.
∎
Climbing
a section of a climb, esp. a steep one.
∎
the height to which a hawk soars before swooping on its prey.
3.
[in
sing.
] the level of intensity of something.
∎
(
a pitch of
) a very high degree of.
4.
Baseball
a legal delivery of the ball by the pitcher.
∎
(also
pitch shot
)
Golf
a ...