pitching
[adjective]
Synonyms: inclined, inclining, leaning, oblique, pitched, sloped, sloping, tilted, tilting, tipped

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pitching noun. ['pɪtʃɪŋ] LME.
[from PITCH verb² + -ING¹.]
1. The action of PITCH verb²; an instance of this. LME.

2. The result of pitching; pavement composed of paving-stones that have been pitched. L17.

Comb.:
pitching axis Aeronautics a lateral axis of an aircraft or spacecraft about which pitching takes place, usu. specified to be perpendicular to its longitudinal axis or to its direction of flight; a pitch axis; pitching moment Aeronautics a moment tending to turn an aircraft or spacecraft about its pitching axis; pitching-temperature Brewing the temperature at which the wort is pitched; pitching-yeast Brewing yeast used or prepared for use in pitching wort.

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