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This comma was first named as ''parahemwuer'' by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[parakleismic]]'' and ''[[hemiwürschmidt]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>. It is not clear how it later became ''hemimean'', but the root of ''hemimean'' is obvious, being a contraction of ''hemiwürschmidt'' and ''meantone''.

The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is; [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcalá St. Didacus] was a Spanish missionary after whom the city of San Diego was named, but there seems to be no relation between this individual and musical temperament.

The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcalá St. Didacus] was a Spanish missionary after whom the city of San Diego was named, but there seems to be no relation between this individual and musical temperament.

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 This comma was first named as ''parahemwuer'' by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[parakleismic]]'' and ''[[hemiwürschmidt]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>. It is not clear how it later became ''hemimean'', but the root of ''hemimean'' is obvious, being a contraction of ''hemiwürschmidt'' and ''meantone''.
-The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is; [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcalá St. Didacus] was a Spanish missionary after whom the city of San Diego was named, but there seems to be no relation between this individual and musical temperament.
+The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcalá St. Didacus] was a Spanish missionary after whom the city of San Diego was named, but there seems to be no relation between this individual and musical temperament.
 == Notes ==