The relative value of a signal, its volume or magnitude. The height of its waveform.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 August 2005 )
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Pitch
Broadly speaking the musical equivalent of the technical term "frequency", although they are not exactly synonymous. This is usually because pitch is also used as a synonym of note name. So one musician might ask another "What pitch is that?" and be satisfied with the answer "A", whereas the answer "440 Hz" would probably dismay.
