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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The precise pitch of an isolated tone, as established by its rate of vibration measured on a standard scale.
- noun Music The ability to identify any pitch heard or produce any pitch referred to by name.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The exact pitch as established by its rate of
vibration based on a standardscale . - noun A
perfect pitch ; the ability to identify or reproduce any tone heard perfectly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
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