ABSOLUTE PITCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absolute pitch mean? 

• ABSOLUTE PITCH (noun)
  The noun ABSOLUTE PITCH has 1 sense:

1. the ability to identify the pitch of a tone

  Familiarity information: ABSOLUTE PITCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSOLUTE PITCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ability to identify the pitch of a tone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

absolute pitch; perfect pitch

Hypernyms ("absolute pitch" is a kind of...):

audition; auditory modality; auditory sense; hearing; sense of hearing (the ability to hear; the auditory faculty)