Axis (n.) The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name). |
Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve |
Axis (n.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged |
Axis (n.) The stem |
Axis (n.) The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata. |
Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon. |
Axis (n.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded. |
Axis (n.) The primary or secondary central line of any design. |
Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships |
Pitch (n.) See Pitchstone. |
Pitch (n.) To cover over or smear with pitch. |
Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken |
Pitch (v. t.) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose |
Pitch (v. t.) To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles |
Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway. |
Pitch (v. t.) To fix or set the tone of |
Pitch (v. t.) To set or fix, as a price or value. |
Pitch (v. i.) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation |
Pitch (v. i.) To light |
Pitch (v. i.) To fix one's choise |
Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall |
Pitch (n.) A throw |
Pitch (n.) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. |
Pitch (n.) A point or peak |
Pitch (n.) Height |
Pitch (n.) A descent |
Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins |
Pitch (n.) The relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it |
Pitch (n.) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. |
Pitch (n.) The distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line |
Pitch (n.) 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. |
Pitch (n.) The distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates. |
Pitch-black (a.) Black as pitch or tar. |
Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch |
Pitch-faced (a.) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges |
Pitch-ore (n.) Pitchblende. |
Plunge (v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable |
Plunge (v. t.) To baptize by immersion. |
Plunge (v. t.) To entangle |
Plunge (v. i.) To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid |
Plunge (v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does. |
Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest |
Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging |
Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act |
Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse. |
Plunge (n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing |
Tough-pitch (n.) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. |
Tough-pitch (n.) Copper so reduced |
pitch | the action or manner of throwing something, his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor |
pitch delivery | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter |
change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
overhand pitch | a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder |
submarine ball submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead |
wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base |
lurch pitch pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance), the pitching and tossing was quite exciting |
dip plunge | a brief swim in water |
pitch auction pitch | an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump |
pitch pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf |
axis axis of rotation | the center around which something rotates |
Herschelian telescope off-axis reflector | a reflecting telescope with the mirror slightly tilted to throw the image to the side where it can be viewed |
pitch pipe | a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency, used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing |
variable-pitch propeller | propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable |
coal black ebony jet black pitch black sable soot black | a very dark black |
pitch | the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration |
concert pitch philharmonic pitch international pitch | the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances, usually assignsHz to the A above middle C |
high pitch high frequency | a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches |
low pitch low frequency | a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches |
pitch rake slant | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane, the roof had a steep pitch |
axis axis vertebra | the nd cervical vertebra, serves as a pivot for turning the head |
absolute pitch perfect pitch | the ability to identify the pitch of a tone |
axis | a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions |
coordinate axis | one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system |
x-axis | the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system |
y-axis | the vertical axis in a plane coordinate system |
z-axis | the third axis in a -dimensional coordinate system |
major axis | the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid, passes through the two foci |
semimajor axis | one-half the major axis of an ellipse, the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end |
minor axis | the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid |
semiminor axis | one-half the minor axis of an ellipse |
principal axis optic axis | a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted, in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly |
optic axis | in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs, a crystal may have either one or two optic axes |
intonation modulation pitch contour | rise and fall of the voice pitch |
tonic accent pitch accent | emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness |
sales talk sales pitch pitch | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration |
plunge | a steep and rapid fall |
bloc axis | a group of countries in special alliance |
Axis | in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in which later included Japan and other nations, the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II |
pitch | a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk), he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors |
pitch pine northern pitch pine Pinus rigida | large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, closely related to the pond pine |
longleaf pine pitch pine southern yellow pine Georgia pine Pinus palustris | large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs, bark is red-brown deeply ridged, an important timber tree |
pitch apple strangler fig Clusia rosea Clusia major | a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers |
axis | the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged |
total darkness lightlessness blackness pitch blackness black | total absence of light, they fumbled around in total darkness, in the black of night |
fever pitch | a state of extreme excitement, the crowd was at fever pitch |
asphalt mineral pitch | a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation, consists mainly of hydrocarbons |
pitch tar | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
gear pitch | set the level or character of, She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience |
pitch | set to a certain pitch, He pitched his voice very low |