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The '''vishnuzma''' or '''semisuper comma''' ([[ratio]]: 6115295232/6103515625, [[monzo]]: {{monzo| 23 6 -14 }}) of 3.338 [[cent]]s, is the amount by which seven [[25/24|classical chromatic semitones]] fall short of a just perfect fourth and also by which fourteen [[5/4|classical major thirds]] miss the [[729/512|pythagorean augmented fourth]] | The '''vishnuzma''' or '''semisuper comma''' ([[ratio]]: 6115295232/6103515625, [[monzo]]: {{monzo| 23 6 -14 }}) of 3.338 [[cent]]s, is the amount by which seven [[25/24|classical chromatic semitones]] fall short of a just perfect fourth and also by which fourteen [[5/4|classical major thirds]] miss the [[729/512|pythagorean augmented fourth]]; in other words the interval (4/3)/(25/24)<sup>7</sup>. | ||
== Temperaments == | == Temperaments == | ||
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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
This comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in | This comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2001 in terms of the corresponding temperament, ''semisuper'', for one possible generator of the temperament was a "semisuper fourth"<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_2121.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Shismic & co'']</ref>. ''Semisuper comma'' appeared shortly after<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_5025.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''5-limit comma names'']</ref>. It is yet to be found out how and why the later name ''vishnuzma'' was added. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[Category:Vishnuzmic]] | [[Category:Vishnuzmic]] | ||
[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]] | |||