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	===Annapolis:===		===Annapolis:===
	Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp [[8/5]]		Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp [[8/5]]

Overthink: Overthink moved page User:MoreMajorThanMajor/Italic continuum names to User:Moremajorthanmajor/Italic continuum names: Proper capitalization of username

2026-03-01T04:21:32Z

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Lériendil: Lériendil moved page Italic continuum names to User:MoreMajorThanMajor/Italic continuum names: mostly full of idiosyncratic terminology nobody uses other than mmtm

2025-04-17T04:49:11Z

Lériendil moved page Italic continuum names to User:MoreMajorThanMajor/Italic continuum names: mostly full of idiosyncratic terminology nobody uses other than mmtm

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BudjarnLambeth: Update todo

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	===Corcovado:===		===Corcovado:===
	Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for "hunchback." This represents the period's relative fifith harmonic, which reduces to a diminished fourth (up to 458 cents) instead of a perfect one (458-538 cents).		Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for "hunchback." This represents the period's relative fifith harmonic, which reduces to a diminished fourth (up to 458 cents) instead of a perfect one (458-538 cents).

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	===Esmeralda:===		===Esmeralda:===

BudjarnLambeth at 01:48, 10 November 2024

2024-11-10T01:48:00Z

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	Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo.		Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo.
	[[Category:Lists]]		[[Category:Lists]]
	[[Category:~~Naming~~]]		[[Category:Temperament naming]]

BudjarnLambeth: Todo

2024-10-20T06:14:41Z

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	Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp [[8/5]]		Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp [[8/5]]

BudjarnLambeth: Added links to dead end pg

2024-01-09T05:49:44Z

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	Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp 8/5		Named so because its relative dominant represents a sharp [[8/5]]

	===Calenda:===		===Calenda:===
	Meaning: It is the Latin name of the first day of a month. This represents the 15/7 period, which is a candidate for the least complex minor ninth.		Meaning: It is the Latin name of the first day of a month. This represents the [[15/7]] [[period]], which is a candidate for the least [[Complexity\|complex]] minor ninth.

	==='''Contrapyth:'''===		==='''Contrapyth:'''===
	Meaning: Its period makes its categories run competely against i.e. "contra" any Pythagorean notion of concordance and discordance, hence "contrapyth"		Meaning: Its period makes its categories run competely against i.e. "contra" any [[Pythagorean]] notion of [[concordance]] and discordance, hence "contrapyth"

	===Corcovado:===		===Corcovado:===
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	===Hugo:===		===Hugo:===
	Victor Hugo wrote the novel Notre Dame de Paris, hence being the Janeiro temperament generated by 19/84 period.		Victor Hugo wrote the novel Notre Dame de Paris, hence being the Janeiro temperament generated by [[19/84]] period.

	==='''Italic:'''===		==='''Italic:'''===
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	===Janeiro:===		===Janeiro:===
	Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for the month of January. This represents the leading "1" of the (diatonic) semitone which is generally the octave reduction of the temperament's period.		Meaning: It is the Portuguese word for the month of January. This represents the leading "1" of the (diatonic) semitone which is generally the [[octave reduction]] of the temperament's period.

	===Kilometric:===		===Kilometric:===
	So named because the comma called the "meter" is exactly the 1000th root of its period.		So named because the [[comma]] called the "meter" is exactly the 1000th root of its period.

	===Lampante:===		===Lampante:===
	Named for the lowest grade of olive oil because the 30/13 period is equally weak as either a ninth or a tenth.		Named for the lowest grade of olive oil because the [[30/13]] period is equally weak as either a ninth or a tenth.

	===Marchettus:===		===Marchettus:===
	Named in honor of Marchettus of Padua, who suggests a cadential major tenth the size of its period in his 13th-century work on tuning theory.		Named in honor of [[Marchettus of Padua]], who suggests a cadential major tenth the size of its period in his 13th-century work on tuning theory.

	==='''Middletown:'''===		==='''Middletown:'''===
	Origin: "2012"		Origin: "2012"

	Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament mapping into tempering out 64/63.		Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament mapping into [[tempering out]] [[64/63]].

	===Monocacy:===		===Monocacy:===
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	===Notre Dame:===		===Notre Dame:===
	Meaning: The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is featured in a novel beginning in the month of January (the novel also contains a hunchback), and was also home to the first school of polyphony in European history; therefore the 32/15 period.		Meaning: The cathedral Notre Dame de Paris is featured in a novel beginning in the month of January (the novel also contains a hunchback), and was also home to the first school of polyphony in European history; therefore the [[32/15]] period.

	===Oriole:===		===Oriole:===
	Because the Middletown temperament is named after Middletown, MD, Maryland's state bird gets to be the namesake of the temperament with a 12/5 period. (N. B. In spite of the name, the MOS for it is not limited to linear combinations of 3L 4s and 9L 4s)		Because the Middletown temperament is named after Middletown, MD, Maryland's state bird gets to be the namesake of the temperament with a [[12/5]] period. (N. B. In spite of the name, the [[MOS]] for it is not limited to linear combinations of [[3L 4s]] and [[9L 4s]])

	===Potomac:===		===Potomac:===

BudjarnLambeth: Categorised this uncategorised page

2023-04-25T11:55:39Z

Categorised this uncategorised page

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	Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo.		Victoria is the feminine form of "Victor," hence being the inverse of Hugo.
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Cmloegcmluin: /* Middletown: */ map → mapping

2021-11-05T23:44:12Z

Middletown:: map → mapping

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	Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament ~~map~~ into tempering out 64/63.		Meaning: Named so because its period dilates the mean (middle) tone temperament mapping into tempering out 64/63.

	===Monocacy:===		===Monocacy:===

Wikispaces>FREEZE at 00:00, 17 July 2018

2018-07-17T00:00:00Z

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