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'''3359375/3359232''', the '''dimigenes comma''', is a [[43-limit]] [[comma]], most notably present in the 2.3.5.43 subgroup. It is the difference between a stack of eight [[6/5]] minor thirds and 43/10, the latter being two octaves plus 43/40, a 43-limit minor second. While the name is constructed to evoke the name of a Greek philosopher, it is actually composed of ''dimi'', from ''diminished chord'', which is built by stacking minor thirds; and ''genes'', from [[Harry Partch's 43-tone scale|Partch's Genesis scale]], which has 43 tones in an octave. | '''3359375/3359232''', the '''dimigenes comma''', is a [[43-limit]] [[comma]], most notably present in the 2.3.5.43 subgroup. It is the difference between a stack of eight [[6/5]] minor thirds and 43/10, the latter being two octaves plus 43/40, a 43-limit minor second. While the name is constructed to evoke the name of a Greek philosopher, it is actually composed of ''dimi'', from ''diminished chord'', which is built by stacking minor thirds; and ''genes'', from [[Harry Partch's 43-tone scale|Partch's Genesis scale]], which has 43 tones in an octave. | ||
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3359375/3359232, the dimigenes comma, is a 43-limit comma, most notably present in the 2.3.5.43 subgroup. It is the difference between a stack of eight 6/5 minor thirds and 43/10, the latter being two octaves plus 43/40, a 43-limit minor second. While the name is constructed to evoke the name of a Greek philosopher, it is actually composed of dimi, from diminished chord, which is built by stacking minor thirds; and genes, from Partch's Genesis scale, which has 43 tones in an octave.