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That attribute of the auditory sensation in terms of which sounds may be ordered on a scale extending from low to high.

Pitch depends primarily upon the frequency of the sound stimulus, but it also depends upon the sound pressure and waveform of the stimulus.

Reference: ANSI




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)