perfect pitch

noun

Definitions

  1. The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note…

    The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.

  2. By extension, a reliable innate sense of exactly what is true, appropriate, or needed in…

    By extension, a reliable innate sense of exactly what is true, appropriate, or needed in a given particular situation.

    • Bujalski has perfect pitch: an instinct for how language meanders, and the lacunae it circles around.
  3. The exact pitch of a note, described by its frequency in vibrations per second.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perfect pitch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA