pitch plane
noun Machinery.
See under pitch surface.
Words nearby pitch plane
pitch lake,
pitch line,
pitch on,
pitch pine,
pitch pipe,
pitch plane,
pitch shot,
pitch surface,
pitch wart,
pitch woo,
pitch-and-putt
Definition for pitch plane (2 of 2)
pitch surface
noun
(in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane), a cylinder (pitch cylinder), or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
Origin of pitch surface
First recorded in 1885–90