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The '''wizma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -6 -8 2 5 }}, [[ratio]]: 420175/419904) is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 1.12{{cent}}. In terms of other commas, it is the difference between [[245/243]] and [[1728/1715]], and it is the sum of [[2401/2400]] and [[4375/4374]], the two smallest 7-limit [[superparticular ratio|superparticular commas]].  
The '''wizma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| -6 -8 2 5 }}, [[ratio]]: 420175/419904) is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 1.12 [[cent]]s. In terms of other commas, it is the difference between [[245/243]] and [[1728/1715]], and it is the sum of [[2401/2400]] and [[4375/4374]], the two smallest 7-limit [[superparticular ratio|superparticular commas]].  


== Temperaments ==
== Temperaments ==
Tempering out this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 '''wizmic temperament''', where the [[64/63|septimal comma (64/63)]] is split into two equal parts, each for 245/243~1728/1715.  
[[Tempering out]] this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the rank-3 [[wizmic]] temperament, where the [[64/63|septimal comma (64/63)]] is split into two equal parts, each for 245/243~1728/1715.  


See [[Wizmic microtemperaments]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.  
See [[Wizmic microtemperaments]] for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.  
== Etymology ==
The wizma is likely named after the [[wizard]] temperament, which tempers it out.


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