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'''2430/2401''', the '''nuwell comma''', 20.8 cents is a small, 7-limit comma. It is amount by which four septimal minor thirds [[7/6]] fall short of a major seventh [[15/8]].  Tempering it out leads to the [[nuwell family]] of temperaments.
'''2430/2401''', the '''nuwell comma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 20.8 [[cents]]. It is amount by which four septimal minor thirds [[7/6]] fall short of a major seventh [[15/8]].  


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== Temperaments ==
[[Tempering out]] this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the [[nuwell]] temperament.


== See also ==
== Etymology ==
The name ''nuwell'' was given by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[nusecond]]'' and ''[[orwell]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>.


* [[Comma]]
== Notes ==
* [[Small comma]]


[[Category:Nuwell]]
[[Category:Nuwell]]
[[Category:Commas named after other creatives]]
[[Category:Commas named by combining multiple temperament names]]