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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 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 [[The Quartercache]].
The '''quartisma''' is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[11-limit]] comma with a [[ratio]] of '''117440512/117406179''' and a value of approximately 0.5 [[cent]]s. It 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.  
 
== Temperaments ==
[[Tempering out]] this comma in the 11-limit leads to the '''quartismic''' temperament (→ [[Catalog of rank-4 temperaments #Quartismic (117440512/117406179)]]), or in the [[2.3.7.11 subgroup]], the '''quartic''' temperament. For a list of temperaments that temper it out, see [[The Quartercache]].
 
== Etymology ==
This comma was named by [[Aura]] in 2020.  


[[Category:Quartismic]]
[[Category:Quartismic]]
[[Category:Commas named for the intervals they stack]]