Pitch
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3-1-170
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)