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{{Infobox Interval
{{Infobox Interval
| Ratio = 83521/83486
| Name = crawma
| Name = crawma
| Color name = 19u17o<sup>4</sup>3u<sup>3</sup>2, nuquadso-atrithu 2nd,<br>Nuquadso-atrithu comma
| Color name = 19u17o<sup>4</sup>3u<sup>3</sup>2, nuquadso-atrithu 2nd,<br>Nuquadso-atrithu comma
| Comma = yes
| Comma = yes
}}
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''', known as the '''crawma''', is a [[19-limit]] (more precisely, 2.17/13.19/13 [[subgroup]]) [[unnoticeable comma]]. It forms the difference between a stack of four [[17/13]]'s and a stack of one octave and one [[19/13]].
'''83521/83486''', known as the '''crawma''', is a [[19-limit]] (more precisely, 2.17/13.19/13 [[subgroup]]) [[unnoticeable comma]]. It forms the difference between a stack of four [[17/13]]'s and a stack of one octave and one [[19/13]].


== Temperaments ==
== Temperaments ==
Tempering out this comma in the 19-limit leads to the rank-7 '''crawmic temperament''', or in the 2.17/13.19/13 subgroup, the rank-2 '''crawic temperament''' generated by a tempered 17/13.
Tempering out this comma in the 19-limit leads to the rank-7 '''crawmic temperament''', or in the 2.17/13.19/13 subgroup, the rank-2 '''crawic temperament''' generated by a tempered 17/13. [[31edo]]'s 12\31 = 464.516¢ is the first generator to tune crawic accurately, with 17/13, 19/13, and 19/17 respectively having errors +0.088¢, +1.079¢, and +0.991¢. The [[CTE]] generator of crawic temperament, 464.236¢, is extremely well-approximated by [[137edo|53\137]] = 464.234¢.


== Terminology ==
== Terminology ==
The name ''crawma'' was proposed by [[User:ground fault|ground fault]] as a more distinctive-sounding crow-related name for the comma than "cawma". The word ''craw'' has an archaic sense 'to caw, to croak, to crow'.
The name ''crawma'' was proposed by [[User:ks26|groundfault]] as a more distinctive-sounding crow-themed name for the comma than "cawma". The word ''craw'' has an archaic sense 'to caw, to croak, to crow'.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Crawmic]]
[[Category:Crawmic]]
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]]{{todo|add etymology|comment=explain why groundfault wanted to name this temperament after crows, what does it have to do with crows?}}