circular pitch
Americannoun
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Baseball evolved from cricket, where two teams face off on a larger, circular pitch and — to simplify it greatly — take turns batting and bowling in hopes of scoring the most runs.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Suppose, for example, that we have a pair of wheels of 3 inch arc or circular pitch, and containing 20 teeth, the driver of the two making one revolution per minute.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Circular Pitch.—Now the term "circular pitch" grows out of the necessity of getting the measurement of the distance from the center of one toothp.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
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