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The '''immunity comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| 16 -13 2 }}, [[ratio]]: 1638400/1594323) is a [[Medium comma|medium]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] of about 47.2 [[cent]]s. It is the difference between the [[256/243|Pythagorean diatonic semitone (256/243)]] and a stack of two [[syntonic comma]]s, or between a [[25/24|diptolemaic chromatic semitone (25/24)]] and a [[Pythagorean comma | The '''immunity comma''' ({{monzo|legend=1| 16 -13 2 }}, [[ratio]]: 1638400/1594323) is a [[Medium comma|medium]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] of about 47.2 [[cent]]s. It is the difference between the [[256/243|Pythagorean diatonic semitone (256/243)]] and a stack of two [[syntonic comma]]s, or between a [[25/24|diptolemaic chromatic semitone (25/24)]] and a [[Pythagorean comma]]. | ||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
[[Tempering out]] this comma leads to the [[immunity | [[Tempering out]] this comma leads to the [[immunity]] temperament, which offers [[interseptimal interval|hemifourths and hemitwelfths]] as a result of dividing the diatonic semitone in equal halves. | ||
See [[Immunity family]] for the [[family of temperaments]] where it is tempered out. | |||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[Syntonic–limmic equivalence continuum]] | ||
* [[Diaschismic–gothmic equivalence continuum]] | |||
== | == References == | ||
[[Category:Immunity]] | [[Category:Immunity]] | ||
[[Category:Commas named for their regular temperament properties]] | |||