pitch surface

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noun

(in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane ), a cylinder (pitch cylinder ), or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone ) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.

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Origin of pitch surface

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby pitch surface

pitch pipe, pitchpole, pitchpot, pitch shot, pitchstone, pitch surface, pitch wart, pitch woo, pitchy, pit dwelling, piteous

How to use pitch surface in a sentence

The more resources and education society becomes equipped with, the fewer stories like yours will surface.
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You can go as deep as you like, or float about on the surface.
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Nicki treats the obsession with her pop ambitions as an irrelevant, surface-level irritation.
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Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
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First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
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What the ear hears is the fundamental pitch only; the overtones harmonize with the primary or fundamental tone, and enrich it.
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It will be remembered that pitch depends upon the rapidity of the sound waves or vibrations.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
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