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absolute pitch

  1. the pitch of a tone as determined by its rate of vibration
  2. the ability to identify the pitch of any tone heard, or to sing a given tone, without hearing a known pitch beforehand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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