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A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east.
A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound.
A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
To fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune.
The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low.
the rise and fall of the voice when speaking. See tone; intonation. the perception of the tonal level of sound ranging from high to low depending on the frequency of sound waves.
The property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it highness or lowness of sound.
Keywords:
Distance,
Adjacent,
Nominal,
Revolution,
Coil
That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch.
The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates.
The distance between symmetrically arranged or corresponding parts of an armature, measured along a line, called the pitch line, drawn around its length. Sometimes half of this distance is called the pitch.
Keywords:
Yaw,
Axis,
Aircraft,
Transverse,
Angular
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.
Rotation of an aircraft about its lateral axis.
An angular deviation possible in positioning systems, in which the tables' leading edge rises or falls as the table translates along its direction of travel. This represents rotation around a horizontal axis, perpendicular to the direction of travel.
The motion of a plane as its nose moves up or down
Keywords:
Loft,
Backspin,
Shot,
Trajectory,
Wedge
A short, high shot that lands with backspin.
An approach shot to the green. The player does not use a full swing during a pitch shot. This shot is shorter than a normal swing, but longer than a chip shot.
The pitch shot is one that goes high and does not roll very far when it lands. It is needed to play over bunkers close to the green - and to get out of the bunkers if you don't get over them.
(aka: "pitch shot") a relatively short, lofted shot designed to land softly and not roll much (differs from a chip in its trajectory and amount of roll). Example: "Johnny pitched the ball over the sand trap and left the ball only 3 feet from the hole."
A sudden drop in, or a steeper section of, a set of rapids.
A section of a rapid steeper than the Surrounding portions; a drop.
a section of a climb, usually no more than the length of a standard climbing rope (165 feet)
A section of climb between two belays and no longer than the length of one rope (this used to mean 45m, nowadays pitches can also be 50 or even 60m long -- check your topo).
The traditional name for the soccer field.
The field of play.
An English term for a soccer field.
A playing field for sports, as in the "Football pitch."
Keywords:
Underhand,
Quoits,
Quarterback,
Throw,
Toss
To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
To loosen the reins abruptly and completely, or to toss a rope.
A lateral or backwards one-handed pass (cf. toss) Alakautta syöttö (Pinomaa) Sivusyöttö (Arolainen) "Pitsi"
The act of relaying a project conversationally, to a prospective representative or buyer, for the purpose of marketing an idea, adaptation, or true story with a view toward its eventual production as a film.
to verbally/orally describe the story of a script or idea.
A briefing, either formal or informal. [D03668] DSMC
A brief talk in which members may qualify and describe what they were like before OA and what they are like now. Pitches may also address a specific topic chosen by a group's leader.
Gummy resin in wood.
Buildup or deposit left on a cutter, blade or bit after milling resinous wood.
A resinous, gummy substance in firs and pines. This is the resin in the bag a baseball pitcher utilizes.
a resinous material in virgin pulps
Keywords:
Wort,
Yeast,
Cooled,
Beer,
Fermentation
IS TO PUT YEAST INTO THE WORT
The act of adding yeast to wort.
Adding yeast to cooled wort after boiling.
To add yeast to a cooled wort.
Keywords:
Distilled,
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