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The '''quartisma''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] comma with a ratio of '''117440512/117406179''' and a value of approximately 0.5 [[cent|cents]].  The quartisma is significant on account of it being the difference between a stack of five [[33/32]] quartertones and one [[7/6]] subminor third in Just Intonation- this significance in relation to quartertones being the source of its name.  Tempering it out leads to a form of '''quartismic temperament'''.  For a list of such temperaments, see [[Quartismic family]].
The '''quartisma''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] comma with a ratio of '''117440512/117406179''' and a value of approximately 0.5 [[cent|cents]].  The quartisma is significant on account of it being the interval between a stack of five [[33/32]] quartertones and one [[7/6]] subminor third in Just Intonation- this significance in relation to quartertones being the source of its name.  Tempering it out leads to a form of '''quartismic temperament'''.  For a list of such temperaments, see [[Quartismic family]].


[[Category:11-limit]]
[[Category:11-limit]]
[[Category:Unnoticeable comma]]
[[Category:Unnoticeable comma]]
[[Category:Quartismic]]
[[Category:Quartismic]]