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{{Infobox Interval
| Monzo = 1 -27 18
| Ratio = 7 629 394 531 250 / 7 625 597 484 987
| Name = ennealimma
| Name = ennealimma
| Color name = sy<sup>18</sup>-3, satritribiyo negative 3rd
| Comma = yes
| Comma = yes
}}
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The '''ennealimma''', meaning ''nine limmas'', with [[monzo]] {{monzo| 1 -27 18 }}, is a [[5-limit]] [[unnoticeable comma]] measuring about 0.86 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of nine [[27/25|large limmas]] falls short of the [[octave]].  
The '''ennealimma''', meaning ''nine limmas'', with [[monzo]] {{monzo| 1 -27 18 }}, is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 0.862 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of nine [[27/25|large limmas]] falls short of the [[octave]]. In terms of commas, it is also the difference between the [[enneadeca]] and the [[schisma]].  


== Temperament ==
== Temperament ==
Tempering out this comma leads to the 5-limit version of the [[ennealimmal]] temperament, which remarkably splits the octave into nine equal parts.  
[[Tempering out]] this comma leads to the 5-limit version of the [[ennealimmal]] temperament, which remarkably splits the octave into nine equal parts.
 
== Etymology ==
The name consists of Greek ''ennea-'' ("nine") + ''limma'', coined by [[Paul Erlich]] and [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2001<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_29667.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Name that comma!'']</ref>.  


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Unnoticeable comma]]
* [[Septimal ennealimma]]
 
== References ==


[[Category:Ennealimmal]]
[[Category:Ennealimmal]]
[[Category:Commas named for their periods per equave]]