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'''33698267/33554432''', or the '''sylvisma''', is a small 19-limit comma of about 7. | {{Mathematical interest}} | ||
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| Name = sylvisma | |||
| Color name = latrinoso 3rd, L19o317o33 | |||
| Comma = yes}} | |||
'''33698267/33554432''', or the '''sylvisma'''{{idio}}, is a small [[19-limit]] comma of about 7.4 [[cent]]s that is the difference between the stacking of three [[323/256]] major thirds and an [[octave]]. It is notably [[tempering out|tempered out]] in [[12edo]] and [[arsenic]] temperament. | |||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The name was coined by | The name was coined by {{u|Zeta Function}} from the mineral sylvite, which is made of potassium chloride. Chloride is element 17, and potassium is element 19, so the name thus reflects in a roundabout way the prime factors that make up this comma. | ||
[[Category:Commas named after minerals]] | |||