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'''33698267/33554432''', or the '''sylvisma''', is a small 19-limit comma of about 7.4c that is the difference between the stacking of 3 [[323/256]] major thirds and 1 octave. It is notably tempered out in 12edo and [[33rd-octave temperaments|arsenic temperament]].   
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Name = sylvisma
| Name = sylvisma
| color name = latrinoso 3rd, L19o317o33}}
| 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 [[User: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.
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]]