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'''6144/6125''', the '''porwell comma''', is a [[7-limit]] [[~~small~~ comma]] measuring about 5.4 ~~cents~~. It is the amount by which a stack of two [[35/32]]'s falls short of [[6/5]], and the amount by which a stack of two [[48/35]]'s exceeds [[15/8]].

'''6144/6125''', the '''porwell comma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 5.4 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of two [[35/32]]'s falls short of [[6/5]], and the amount by which a stack of two [[48/35]]'s exceeds [[15/8]].

== Temperaments ==

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== Etymology ==

~~The porwell~~ comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2010~~. It is the concatenation~~ of [[porcupine]] and [[orwell]]<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_88759.html ''Some unnamed 7-limit temperaments'']</ref>.

This comma was first named as ''hewuermity'' by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[hemiwürschmidt]]'' and ''[[amity]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>, and was renamed to ''porwell'' in 2010 as a contraction of ''[[porcupine]]'' and ''[[orwell]]'' per [[Petr Pařízek]]'s suggestion<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_88759.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Some unnamed 7-limit temperaments'']</ref>.

~~== See also ==~~

* [[Small comma]]

== Notes ==

[[Category:Porwell]]

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-'''6144/6125''', the '''porwell comma''', is a [[7-limit]] [[small comma]] measuring about 5.4 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of two [[35/32]]'s falls short of [[6/5]], and the amount by which a stack of two [[48/35]]'s exceeds [[15/8]].
+'''6144/6125''', the '''porwell comma''', is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 5.4 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of two [[35/32]]'s falls short of [[6/5]], and the amount by which a stack of two [[48/35]]'s exceeds [[15/8]].
 == Temperaments ==
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 == Etymology ==
-The porwell comma was named by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2010. It is the concatenation of [[porcupine]] and [[orwell]]<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_88759.html ''Some unnamed 7-limit temperaments'']</ref>.
+This comma was first named as ''hewuermity'' by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[hemiwürschmidt]]'' and ''[[amity]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>, and was renamed to ''porwell'' in 2010 as a contraction of ''[[porcupine]]'' and ''[[orwell]]'' per [[Petr Pařízek]]'s suggestion<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_88759.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Some unnamed 7-limit temperaments'']</ref>.
-== See also ==
-* [[Small comma]]
 == Notes ==
 [[Category:Porwell]]