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''Prime-count vector'' is D&D's replacement for ''monzo''. This is one of the worse proposed terms as it includes an inaccurate use of the term ''vector''. A vector is a mathematical structure rather than a form of presentation, so a JI interval is a vector no matter how it is written. For example, the syntonic comma, 81/80, and {{monzo| -4 4 -1 }} are all vectors, and since the vectors represent the number of each prime harmonics, they are prime-count vectors. It would be ridiculous in RTT to say the syntonic comma was not a vector, or to say 81/80 was not a vector.

A monzo is a particular ~~form~~ of ~~presentation~~. The ''monzo'' article clearly tells us a monzo is "a way of notating a JI interval". ~~In the~~ more technical ''monzos and interval space'' article it reads: "this is often written in ket vector notation as […] in which case it is called a monzo." It often happens that the different forms of an interval such as the name, ratio, and monzo are shown side by side. In the above example, neither the syntonic comma nor 81/80 is a monzo, but {{monzo| -4 4 -1 }}.

A monzo is a particular notation of a vector. The ''monzo'' article clearly tells us a monzo is "a way of notating a JI interval". The more technical ''monzos and interval space'' article reads: "this is often written in ket vector notation as […] in which case it is called a monzo." It often happens that the different forms of an interval such as the name, ratio, and monzo are shown side by side. In the above example, neither the syntonic comma nor 81/80 is a monzo, but {{monzo| -4 4 -1 }}.

On the other hand, the monzo is not the ket, nor should it really include kets by definition. A monzo can be rendered with kets, like {{ket| -4 4 -1 }}, or brackets with the transpose symbol, like [-4 4 -1]<sup>T</sup>, or parentheses and comma separators, like (-4, 4, -1). Just as emphasis can be rendered using italic, bold or underscore. The common spirit among these rendering is the bracketed and appropriately spaced part.

I will not have a problem with Plainsound Music Edition's ''harmonic space coordinates'' as a synonym of ''monzo'', because a list of coordinates is indeed a form of presentation. ''Monzo'' has the advantage that it is concise – more on the name side than on the description side.

My suggestion: use ''monzo'', and if you need to explain it, try saying they are ''harmonic space coordinates''.

== "Held interval" ==

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 ''Prime-count vector'' is D&D's replacement for ''monzo''. This is one of the worse proposed terms as it includes an inaccurate use of the term ''vector''. A vector is a mathematical structure rather than a form of presentation, so a JI interval is a vector no matter how it is written. For example, the syntonic comma, 81/80, and {{monzo| -4 4 -1 }} are all vectors, and since the vectors represent the number of each prime harmonics, they are prime-count vectors. It would be ridiculous in RTT to say the syntonic comma was not a vector, or to say 81/80 was not a vector.
-A monzo is a particular form of presentation. The ''monzo'' article clearly tells us a monzo is "a way of notating a JI interval". In the more technical ''monzos and interval space'' article it reads: "this is often written in ket vector notation as […] in which case it is called a monzo." It often happens that the different forms of an interval such as the name, ratio, and monzo are shown side by side. In the above example, neither the syntonic comma nor 81/80 is a monzo, but {{monzo| -4 4 -1 }}.
+A monzo is a particular notation of a vector. The ''monzo'' article clearly tells us a monzo is "a way of notating a JI interval". The more technical ''monzos and interval space'' article reads: "this is often written in ket vector notation as […] in which case it is called a monzo." It often happens that the different forms of an interval such as the name, ratio, and monzo are shown side by side. In the above example, neither the syntonic comma nor 81/80 is a monzo, but {{monzo| -4 4 -1 }}.
+On the other hand, the monzo is not the ket, nor should it really include kets by definition. A monzo can be rendered with kets, like {{ket| -4 4 -1 }}, or brackets with the transpose symbol, like [-4 4 -1]<sup>T</sup>, or parentheses and comma separators, like (-4, 4, -1). Just as emphasis can be rendered using italic, bold or underscore. The common spirit among these rendering is the bracketed and appropriately spaced part.
 I will not have a problem with Plainsound Music Edition's ''harmonic space coordinates'' as a synonym of ''monzo'', because a list of coordinates is indeed a form of presentation. ''Monzo'' has the advantage that it is concise – more on the name side than on the description side.
 My suggestion: use ''monzo'', and if you need to explain it, try saying they are ''harmonic space coordinates''.
 == "Held interval" ==