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What the terms pitch and amplitude mean.

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  Posted by U15181640 (U15181640) on Monday, 18th February 2013

  What the terms pitch and amplitude mean.

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  Posted by The Bitesize Science Teacher (U14392404) on Monday, 18th February 2013

  Pitch is the frequency of a sound. It is the number of waves per second that pass a given point. Amplitude is the maximum height or displacement of a wave from its mean position. For light, it's the brightness and for sound it's the volume.

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