A pitch cone is the imaginary cone in a bevel gear that rolls without slipping on a pitch surface of another gear.
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Famous quotes containing the word pitch:
“I saw the Arab map.
It resembled a mare shuffling on,
dragging its history like saddlebags,
nearing its tomb and the pitch of hell.”
—Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said] (b. 1930)