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| | | Name = pulsar comma | ||
| | | Comma = yes | ||
| | | Color name = 101o1oz2, Fifiwolozo comma | ||
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'''7777/7776''', the '''power of | '''7777/7776''', the '''pulsar comma''' or '''power-of-six repdigit comma''' is an unnoticeable comma of 0.223 cents, and it is a part of 101-limit [[just intonation]]. | ||
The comma derives from the resemblance of a perfect power of 6, 7776, to a repdigit number 7777. It is the difference between a stack of | The comma derives from the resemblance of a perfect power of 6, 7776, to a decimal repdigit number 7777. It is the difference between a stack of five [[6/1]]'s and 7, 11, and 101 harmonics stacked, or when octave-reduced, between 7/4, 11/8, and 101/64 and the Pythagorean major seventh, [[243/128]]. It is also the difference between 404/243 and 128/77. | ||
The name origin is the following: <u>p</u>ower-of-<u>s</u>ix <u>r</u>epdigit – ''psr'', which is the astronomical shortening for pulsars. | |||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
[[ | Some of the edos which [[support]] pulsar temperaments in its 2.3.7.11.101-subgroup [[patent val]]s are {{EDOs| 135, 207, 342, 477, 836, 877, 971, 1012, and 1147}}. | ||
[[Category:Pulsar]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Commas named for other reasons]] | ||