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PITCHES

• A measure of the angle of the blades of a screw propeller, equal to the distance forward a blade would move in one revolution if it exerted no thrust on the medium
• PITCH, to throw (to propel through the air with a movement of the arm) [v]
• 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
• The steepness of a slope, esp. of a roof
• A section of a climb, esp. a steep one
• The height to which a hawk soars before swooping on its prey
• The level of intensity of something
• A very high degree of
• A legal delivery of the ball by the pitcher
• A high approach shot onto the green
• A playing field
• The strip of ground between the two sets of stumps
• A form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something
• A swaying or oscillation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle around a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of motion
• The distance between successive corresponding points or lines, e.g., between the teeth of a cogwheel
• The density of typed or printed characters on a line, typically expressed as numbers of characters per inch

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