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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology

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|[[1L 5s]]||selenite||sel-||sel||~~indirect reference to~~ [[luna]] temperament

|[[1L 5s]]||selenite||sel-||sel||references [[luna]] temperament (selenite is named after the moon); also called ''antimachinoid<ref name="anti-name">Name of sister mos, with anti- prefix added.</ref>''

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|[[2L 4s]]||malic||mal-||mal||apples have ~~two~~ concave ends, lemons have ~~two pointy~~ ends

|[[2L 4s]]||malic||mal-||mal||sister mos of 4L 2s; apples have concave ends, whereas lemons/limes have convex ends

|-

|[[3L 3s]]||triwood||triwd-||tw||~~from~~ 3~~-wood~~

|[[3L 3s]]||triwood|| triwd-||tw|| [[blackwood]][10] and [[whitewood]][14] generalized to 3 periods

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|[[4L 2s]]||citric||citro-||cit||parent mos of ~~lemon~~ and ~~lime~~

|[[4L 2s]]||citric||citro-||cit||parent (or subset) mos of 4L 6s and 6L 4s

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|[[5L 1s]]||machinoid||mech-||mech||from [[machine]] temperament

|[[5L 1s]]||machinoid||mech-|| mech||from [[machine]] temperament

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! colspan="5" |7-note mosses

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology

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|[[1L 6s]]||onyx||on-||on||~~from a~~ ''~~lot~~'' ~~of naming puns~~

|[[1L 6s]]||onyx|| on-||on ||sounds like "one-six" depending on one's pronunciation; also called ''anti-archeotonic<ref name="anti-name" />''

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|[[2L 5s]]||antidiatonic||pel-||pel||pel- is from pelog

|[[2L 5s]]||antidiatonic||pel-||pel||common name, referring to the sister of 5L 2s; pel- is from pelog

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|[[3L 4s]]||mosh||mosh-||mosh||~~Graham Breed's name;~~ from "mohajira-ish"

|[[3L 4s]]||mosh||mosh- || mosh||from "mohajira-ish", a name from [[Graham Breed's MOS naming scheme|Graham Breed's naming scheme]]

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|[[4L 3s]]||smitonic||smi-||smi||from "sharp minor third"

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|[[5L 2s]]||diatonic||dia-||dia||

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|[[6L 1s]]||archaeotonic||arch-||arch||originally a name for 13edo's 6L 1s; also called ''archeotonic<ref name="spelling">Spelling variant.</ref>''

|[[6L 1s]]||archaeotonic||arch-||arch||originally a name for 13edo's 6L 1s scale; also called ''archeotonic<ref name="spelling">Spelling variant.</ref>''

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! colspan="5" |8-note mosses

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|[[1L 7s]]||spinel||spin-||sp||contains the string "pine", referencing its sister mos

|[[1L 7s]]||spinel||spin-||sp ||contains the string "pine", referencing its sister mos; also called ''antipine<ref name="anti-name" />''

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|[[2L 6s]]||subaric||subar-||sb||~~largest~~ subset mos of ~~jaric~~ and ~~taric~~

|[[2L 6s]]||subaric ||subar-||sb||parent (or subset) mos of 2L 8s and 8L 2s

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|[[3L 5s]]||checkertonic||check-||chk||from the [[Kite Giedraitis's Categorizations of 41edo Scales|Kite guitar checkerboard scale]]

|[[3L 5s]]||checkertonic||check- ||chk || from the [[Kite Giedraitis's Categorizations of 41edo Scales|Kite guitar checkerboard scale]]

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|[[4L 4s]]||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||~~from~~ 4~~-wood~~; also called ''diminished<ref name="unofficial">Common name no longer recommend by TAMNAMS due to risk of ambiguity. Provided for reference.</ref>''

|[[4L 4s]]||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 4 periods; also called ''diminished<ref name="unofficial">Common name no longer recommend by TAMNAMS due to risk of ambiguity. Provided for reference.</ref>''

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|[[5L 3s]]||oneirotonic||oneiro-||onei||originally a name for 13edo's 5L 3s

|[[5L 3s]]||oneirotonic||oneiro-||onei||originally a name for 13edo's 5L 3s scale; also called ''oneiro''<ref>Shortened form of name.</ref>

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|[[6L 2s]]||ekic||ek-||ek||from ~~temperaments~~ [[echidna]] and [[hedgehog]]

|[[6L 2s]]||ekic||ek-||ek||from [[echidna]] and [[hedgehog]] temperaments

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|[[7L 1s]]||pine||pine-||pine||from [[porcupine]] temperament

|[[7L 1s]]||pine ||pine-||pine||from [[porcupine]] temperament

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! colspan="5" |9-note mosses

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology

! Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology

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|[[1L 8s]]||agate||ag-||ag||rhymes with "eight", depending on one's pronunciation

|[[1L 8s]]||agate|| ag-||ag||rhymes with "eight", depending on one's pronunciation; also called ''antisubneutralic<ref name="anti-name" />''

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|[[2L 7s]]||balzano||bal- ~~/bæl/~~||bal||~~from Balzano scale in~~ 20edo ~~which is~~ 2L 7s

|[[2L 7s]]||balzano||bal-||bal||originally a name for 20edo's 2L 7s (and 2L 11) scales; bal- is pronounced /bæl/

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|[[3L 6s]]||tcherepnin||cher-||ch||common name

|[[3L 6s]]||tcherepnin||cher-||ch|| common name; refers to the [[wikipedia:Alexander_Tcherepnin#Style_and_techniques|Tcherepnin scale]] in 12edo

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|[[4L 5s]]||gramitonic||gram-||gram||from "grave minor third"

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|[[5L 4s]]||semiquartal||cthon-||cth||from "half fourth" ~~and~~ "chthonic"

|[[5L 4s]]||semiquartal||cthon-|| cth|| from "half fourth"; cthon- is from "chthonic"

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|[[6L 3s]]||hyrulic||hyru-||hy||~~allusion to~~ [[triforce]] temperament

|[[6L 3s]]||hyrulic||hyru-|| hy||references [[triforce]] temperament

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|[[7L 2s]]||armotonic||arm-||arm||~~arm- and armotonic references~~ [[Armodue]]; also called ''superdiatonic<ref name="unofficial" />''

|[[7L 2s]]||armotonic||arm-||arm||from [[Armodue]] theory; also called ''superdiatonic<ref name="unofficial" />''

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|[[8L 1s]]||subneutralic||blu-||blu||derived from the generator being between supraminor and neutral quality; blu- is from [[bleu]] temperament

|[[8L 1s]]||subneutralic ||blu-||blu||derived from the generator being between supraminor and neutral quality; blu- is from [[bleu]] temperament

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! colspan="5" |10-note mosses

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology

!Pattern !!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology

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|[[1L 9s]]||olivnie||oli-||oli||rhymes with "nine", depending on one's pronunciation

|[[1L 9s]]|| olivnie ||oli-||oli||rhymes with "nine", depending on one's pronunciation; also called ''antisinatonic<ref name="anti-name" />''

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|[[2L 8s]]||jaric||jara-||jar||from ~~temperaments~~ [[pajara]], [[injera]] and [[diaschismic]]

|[[2L 8s]]||jaric||jara- ||jar||from [[pajara]], [[injera]], and [[diaschismic]] temperaments

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|[[3L 7s]]||sephiroid||seph-||seph||from [[sephiroth]] temperament

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|[[4L 6s]]||lime||lime-||lim||limes/4L 6s's ~~steps tend~~ to ~~be smaller than lemons/~~6L 4s~~'s steps~~

|[[4L 6s]]||lime||lime-||lim||sister mos of 6L 4s; limes are smaller than lemons, as are 4L 6s's step sizes compared to 6L 4s

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|[[5L 5s]]||pentawood||pentawd-||pw||~~from~~ 5~~-wood~~

|[[5L 5s]]||pentawood||pentawd-||pw||blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 5 periods

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|[[6L 4s]]||lemon||lem-||lem||from [[lemba]] temperament

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|[[7L 3s]]||dicoid||dico-||dico||~~pronounced /'daɪˌkɔɪd/;~~ from ~~exotemperaments~~ [[Dicot family#Dichotic|dichotic]] and [[dicot]] (dicoid)

|[[7L 3s]]||dicoid||dico-||dico||from [[Dicot family#Dichotic|dichotic]] and [[dicot]] (dicoid) exotemperaments; pronounced /'daɪˌkɔɪd/

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|[[8L 2s]]||taric||tara-||tar||~~from Hindi ''aṭhārah'' '~~[[~~#Taric~~ (8L 2s~~)|18]]'~~

|[[8L 2s]]||taric||tara-||tar||sister mos of 2L 8s; based off of [[wikipedia:Hindustani_numerals|Hindi]] word for 18 (aṭhārah), from which 18edo contains basic 8L 2s

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|[[9L 1s]]||sinatonic||sina-||si||from [[sinaic]]

|[[9L 1s]]||sinatonic||sina-||si||derived from the generator being within the range of a [[sinaic]]

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==Naming mos modes==

== Naming mos modes==

<blockquote>''No changes''. </blockquote>

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<blockquote>''No changes''.</blockquote>

== Extensions ==

== Extensions==

=== Naming neutral and interordinal intervals ===

===Naming neutral and interordinal intervals===

For a discussion of semi-moschroma-altered versions of mos intervals, see [[Neutral and interordinal intervals in MOS scales]].

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For a discussion of mos names outside the named range, see [[TAMNAMS Extension|TAMNAMS extension]].

==Extending the named range==

== Extending the named range==

: ''The following text should be added as subsection of Mos pattern names, to the appendix section [[TAMNAMS/Appendix#Reasoning for mos pattern names]], or as its own appendix section:''

:''The following text should be added as subsection of Mos pattern names, to the appendix section [[TAMNAMS/Appendix#Reasoning for mos pattern names]], or as its own appendix section:''

=== Mosses with fewer than 6 steps ===

Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller. These names are chosen to be as general as possible and to avoid bias or flavor, under the reasoning that such mosses are common and broad in tuning that their names can be used, and validly reused, in non-octave contexts. The exception to this are the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood'', which must refer to an octave-equivalent mos pattern of 1L 1s or 2L 2s, respectively.

Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller. These names are provided for completeness and are chosen to be as general as possible and to avoid bias or flavor, under the reasoning that such mosses are common and broad in tuning that their names can be used, and validly reused, in non-octave contexts.

The exception to this are the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood'', which must refer to an octave-equivalent mos pattern of 1L 1s or 2L 2s, respectively.

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! colspan="6" |2-note mosses

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.

! Pattern!! Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.

!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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| rowspan="2" |[[1L 1s]]||trivial||triv-||trv

| rowspan="2" |[[1L 1s]]||trivial|| triv-||trv

|No||the simplest valid mos pattern

| No||the simplest valid mos pattern

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|monowood

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! colspan="6" |3-note mosses

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.

!Pattern !! Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.

!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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! colspan="6" |4-note mosses

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.

!Pattern!!Name!! Prefix!! Abbr.

!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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|[[1L 3s]]||antetric||atetra-||att

|No||broader range than tetric so named w.r.t. it (anti-tetric; antetric)

| No|| broader range than tetric so named w.r.t. it (anti-tetric; antetric)

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|[[2L 2s]]||biwood||biwd-||bw

|[[2L 2s]]|| biwood||biwd-||bw

|Yes||from 2-wood

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!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.

! Pattern!!Name!!Prefix !!Abbr.

!Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology

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|No||common pentatonic; from penta- for 5

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|[[3L 2s]]||antipentic||apent-||apt

|[[3L 2s]]||antipentic|| apent-||apt

|No||opposite pattern of common pentatonic mos

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|[[4L 1s]]||manual||manu-||manu

|No||one thumb and four longer fingers

|No ||one thumb and four longer fingers

|}

~~=== Mosses with more than 10 steps ===~~

Names for ''n''L ''n''s mosses are provided by prefixing the number of periods ''n'' to the term ''wood'', from blackwood and whitewood temperaments. The corresponding Greek numeral prefix may be used instead.

Applying this to 1L 1s and 2L 2s produces the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood.'' ''Monowood'' is not to be confused with ''trivial'', as it and biwood must refer to an octave-equivalent mos, whereas ''trivial'' can be used to describe a 1L 1s step pattern with any size period.

~~{| class="wikitable center-all"~~

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~~!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology~~

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~~|[[1L 1s]]||monowood||monowd-||w||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to 1L 1s~~

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~~|[[2L 2s]]||biwood||biwd-||bw||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to 2L 2s~~

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~~|3L 3s||triwood||triwd-||trw||from 3-wood; included for comparison~~

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~~|4L 4s||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||from 4-wood; included for comparison~~

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~~|5L 5s||pentawood||pentawd-||pw||from 5-wood; included for comparison~~

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~~|''n''L ''n''s||''n''-wood||''none''||''none''||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to ''n''L ''n''s~~

|}

== Reasoning for mos pattern names ==

==Reasoning for mos pattern names==

<blockquote>''The following is a rewrite to a section to the TAMNAMS appendix.''</blockquote>The goal of TAMNAMS mos names is to choose memorable but aesthetically neutral names for the most common octave-equivalent mosses.

=== General reasonings ===

===General reasonings===

==== Use established names if they do not cause confusion ====

====Use established names if they do not cause confusion====

Mos names already in use are incorporated into TAMNAMS. Examples of such names include ''mosh'' ~~(from Graham Breed's naming scheme)~~, ''tcherepnin''~~{{Clarify}}~~, ''oneirotonic'' ~~(refers to a 5L 3s scale in 13edo)~~, ''~~diatonic~~'', and ''~~antidiatonic~~.''

Mos names already in use are incorporated into TAMNAMS. Examples of such names include ''mosh'', ''tcherepnin'', ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano, antidiatonic'', and ''diatonic.''

==== Avoid or ~~modify~~ temperament-based names ====

====Avoid or alter temperament-based names====

Mos names are chosen so that these mosses can be discussed more independently of RTT temperaments. A few names – namely ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon'' – are all based on notable temperaments – porcupine, ~~hyrule~~, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively. However, these names are heavily abstracted from the original temperament names.

Mos names are chosen so that these mosses can be discussed more independently of RTT temperaments. A few names – namely ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon'' – are all based on notable temperaments – porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively. However, these names are heavily abstracted from the original temperament names.

Names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] which, when including extreme tunings, effectively cover the entirety of the corresponding mos. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).

==== ~~Assign names to~~ mosses most likely to see use ====

==== Name mosses most likely to see use====

Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS only provides mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps, as their step counts are close to that of diatonic (7 steps). Mosses with note counts greater than that are likely to be supersets (that is, daughter or granddaughter mosses) of a smaller, TAMNAMS-named mos~~, and is recommend to see them as such~~.

Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS only provides mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps, as their step counts are close to that of diatonic (7 steps). This range is chosen to avoid naming mosses for the sake of naming.

Mosses with note counts greater than that are likely to be supersets (that is, daughter or granddaughter mosses) of a smaller, TAMNAMS-named mos.

===Name-specific reasonings===

==== Names for monolarge mosses ====

====Names for monolarge mosses====

Similarly, the inclusion of mosses of the form 1L ns using the "anti-" prefix (or an- for less-than-six-note mosses) was also for a practical consideration; although the tuning range is very unhelpful for knowing what such a mos will sound, it is nonetheless useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, especially given that in such situations the tuning will likely be specified somewhere already. Jaric and taric specifically were chosen over bipedal and bimanual because of this, and to a lesser extent, lemon and lime were chosen over antibipentic and bipentic respectively (and for consistency with that their parent MOSS, 4L2s, is named citric).

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Note there are many more warted tunings than this with even more extreme tunings, which makes it reasonable to loosely associate the exotemperament with the range of vaguely saner tunings.

====Armotonic (7L 2s)====

==== Armotonic (7L 2s)====

The name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xen Wiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s, so is accepted as ''a'' possible name, but "armotonic" is preferred due to its clarity as "superdiatonic" could reasonably be confused as describing sharp-fifth diatonic scales. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1), hence the reasoning for that name; like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. Because of the ambiguity, the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, is TAMNAMS' recommended name, but "superdiatonic" is allowed in contexts where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.

====On the term ''diatonic''====

==== On the term ''diatonic''====

In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while diatonic has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.

=== Former names ===

===Former names===

Several names have been changed significantly, as naming principles have evolved to what they are currently, or due to the meaning behind these names being called into question. Former names are provided here for reference, as some names still see some use among users. Changes to spelling are not considered significant and are thus not included here.

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!Pattern

!Current name

! Current name

!Former name(s)

!Reasoning

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|[[4L 2s]]

|citric||lemon||New name chosen to signify parenthood of 4L 6s and 6L 4s. Old name now refers to 6L 4s.

|citric||lemon || New name chosen to signify parenthood of 4L 6s and 6L 4s. Old name now refers to 6L 4s.

|-

|[[5L 1s]]

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!Pattern

!Current name!!Former name(s)!!Reasoning

!Current name!!Former name(s) !!Reasoning

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|[[2L 6s]]

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|[[4L 4s]]

|tetrawood||tetrawood; diminished||The name ''tetrawood'' is advised over ''diminished'', but the latter still sees some use.

|tetrawood||tetrawood; diminished ||The name ''tetrawood'' is advised over ''diminished'', but the latter still sees some use.

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|[[5L 3s]]

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|[[2L 7s]]

|balzano||joanatonic||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.

|balzano|| joanatonic||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.

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|[[3L 6s]]

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|[[4L 5s]]

|gramitonic||orwelloid||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.

|gramitonic||orwelloid || Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.

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|[[5L 4s]]

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|[[6L 4s]]

|lemon||antidipentic||New name chosen to be independent of ''pentic''.

| lemon ||antidipentic|| New name chosen to be independent of ''pentic''.

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|[[7L 3s]]

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|[[8L 2s]]

|taric||dimanic||New name chosen to be independent of ''manic''.

|taric||dimanic ||New name chosen to be independent of ''manic''.

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|[[9L 1s]]

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|[[4L 7s]]

|''Not part of named range''||kleistonic||Dropped when 10-note limit was established, but still sees some use.

|''Not part of named range''||kleistonic ||Dropped when 10-note limit was established, but still sees some use.

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|[[7L 4s]]

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 !Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology
 |-
-|[[1L 5s]]||selenite||sel-||sel||indirect reference to [[luna]] temperament
+|[[1L 5s]]||selenite||sel-||sel||references [[luna]] temperament (selenite is named after the moon); also called ''antimachinoid<ref name="anti-name">Name of sister mos, with anti- prefix added.</ref>''
 |-
-|[[2L 4s]]||malic||mal-||mal||apples have two concave ends, lemons have two pointy ends
+|[[2L 4s]]||malic||mal-||mal||sister mos of 4L 2s; apples have concave ends, whereas lemons/limes have convex ends
 |-
-|[[3L 3s]]||triwood||triwd-||tw||from 3-wood
+|[[3L 3s]]||triwood|| triwd-||tw|| [[blackwood]][10] and [[whitewood]][14] generalized to 3 periods
 |-
-|[[4L 2s]]||citric||citro-||cit||parent mos of lemon and lime
+|[[4L 2s]]||citric||citro-||cit||parent (or subset) mos of 4L 6s and 6L 4s
 |-
-|[[5L 1s]]||machinoid||mech-||mech||from [[machine]] temperament
+|[[5L 1s]]||machinoid||mech-|| mech||from [[machine]] temperament
 |-
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 |-
-|[[1L 6s]]||onyx||on-||on||from a ''lot'' of naming puns
+|[[1L 6s]]||onyx|| on-||on ||sounds like "one-six" depending on one's pronunciation; also called ''anti-archeotonic<ref name="anti-name" />''
 |-
-|[[2L 5s]]||antidiatonic||pel-||pel||pel- is from pelog
+|[[2L 5s]]||antidiatonic||pel-||pel||common name, referring to the sister of 5L 2s; pel- is from pelog
 |-
-|[[3L 4s]]||mosh||mosh-||mosh||Graham Breed's name; from "mohajira-ish"
+|[[3L 4s]]||mosh||mosh- || mosh||from "mohajira-ish", a name from [[Graham Breed's MOS naming scheme|Graham Breed's naming scheme]]
 |-
 |[[4L 3s]]||smitonic||smi-||smi||from "sharp minor third"
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 |[[5L 2s]]||diatonic||dia-||dia||
 |-
-|[[6L 1s]]||archaeotonic||arch-||arch||originally a name for 13edo's 6L 1s; also called ''archeotonic<ref name="spelling">Spelling variant.</ref>''
+|[[6L 1s]]||archaeotonic||arch-||arch||originally a name for 13edo's 6L 1s scale; also called ''archeotonic<ref name="spelling">Spelling variant.</ref>''
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-|[[1L 7s]]||spinel||spin-||sp||contains the string "pine", referencing its sister mos
+|[[1L 7s]]||spinel||spin-||sp ||contains the string "pine", referencing its sister mos; also called ''antipine<ref name="anti-name" />''
 |-
-|[[2L 6s]]||subaric||subar-||sb||largest subset mos of jaric and taric
+|[[2L 6s]]||subaric ||subar-||sb||parent (or subset) mos of 2L 8s and 8L 2s
 |-
-|[[3L 5s]]||checkertonic||check-||chk||from the [[Kite Giedraitis's Categorizations of 41edo Scales|Kite guitar checkerboard scale]]
+|[[3L 5s]]||checkertonic||check- ||chk || from the [[Kite Giedraitis's Categorizations of 41edo Scales|Kite guitar checkerboard scale]]
 |-
-|[[4L 4s]]||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||from 4-wood; also called ''diminished<ref name="unofficial">Common name no longer recommend by TAMNAMS due to risk of ambiguity. Provided for reference.</ref>''
+|[[4L 4s]]||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 4 periods; also called ''diminished<ref name="unofficial">Common name no longer recommend by TAMNAMS due to risk of ambiguity. Provided for reference.</ref>''
 |-
-|[[5L 3s]]||oneirotonic||oneiro-||onei||originally a name for 13edo's 5L 3s
+|[[5L 3s]]||oneirotonic||oneiro-||onei||originally a name for 13edo's 5L 3s scale; also called ''oneiro''<ref>Shortened form of name.</ref>
 |-
-|[[6L 2s]]||ekic||ek-||ek||from temperaments [[echidna]] and [[hedgehog]]
+|[[6L 2s]]||ekic||ek-||ek||from [[echidna]] and [[hedgehog]] temperaments
 |-
-|[[7L 1s]]||pine||pine-||pine||from [[porcupine]] temperament
+|[[7L 1s]]||pine ||pine-||pine||from [[porcupine]] temperament
 |-
 ! colspan="5" |9-note mosses
 |-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology
+! Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology
 |-
-|[[1L 8s]]||agate||ag-||ag||rhymes with "eight", depending on one's pronunciation
+|[[1L 8s]]||agate|| ag-||ag||rhymes with "eight", depending on one's pronunciation; also called ''antisubneutralic<ref name="anti-name" />''
 |-
-|[[2L 7s]]||balzano||bal- /bæl/||bal||from Balzano scale in 20edo which is 2L 7s
+|[[2L 7s]]||balzano||bal-||bal||originally a name for 20edo's 2L 7s (and 2L 11) scales; bal- is pronounced /bæl/
 |-
-|[[3L 6s]]||tcherepnin||cher-||ch||common name
+|[[3L 6s]]||tcherepnin||cher-||ch|| common name; refers to the [[wikipedia:Alexander_Tcherepnin#Style_and_techniques|Tcherepnin scale]] in 12edo
 |-
 |[[4L 5s]]||gramitonic||gram-||gram||from "grave minor third"
 |-
-|[[5L 4s]]||semiquartal||cthon-||cth||from "half fourth" and "chthonic"
+|[[5L 4s]]||semiquartal||cthon-|| cth|| from "half fourth"; cthon- is from "chthonic"
 |-
-|[[6L 3s]]||hyrulic||hyru-||hy||allusion to [[triforce]] temperament
+|[[6L 3s]]||hyrulic||hyru-|| hy||references [[triforce]] temperament
 |-
-|[[7L 2s]]||armotonic||arm-||arm||arm- and armotonic references [[Armodue]]; also called ''superdiatonic<ref name="unofficial" />''
+|[[7L 2s]]||armotonic||arm-||arm||from [[Armodue]] theory; also called ''superdiatonic<ref name="unofficial" />''
 |-
-|[[8L 1s]]||subneutralic||blu-||blu||derived from the generator being between supraminor and neutral quality; blu- is from [[bleu]] temperament
+|[[8L 1s]]||subneutralic ||blu-||blu||derived from the generator being between supraminor and neutral quality; blu- is from [[bleu]] temperament
 |-
 ! colspan="5" |10-note mosses
 |-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology
+!Pattern !!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology
 |-
-|[[1L 9s]]||olivnie||oli-||oli||rhymes with "nine", depending on one's pronunciation
+|[[1L 9s]]|| olivnie ||oli-||oli||rhymes with "nine", depending on one's pronunciation; also called ''antisinatonic<ref name="anti-name" />''
 |-
-|[[2L 8s]]||jaric||jara-||jar||from temperaments [[pajara]], [[injera]] and [[diaschismic]]
+|[[2L 8s]]||jaric||jara- ||jar||from [[pajara]], [[injera]], and [[diaschismic]] temperaments
 |-
 |[[3L 7s]]||sephiroid||seph-||seph||from [[sephiroth]] temperament
 |-
-|[[4L 6s]]||lime||lime-||lim||limes/4L 6s's steps tend to be smaller than lemons/6L 4s's steps
+|[[4L 6s]]||lime||lime-||lim||sister mos of 6L 4s; limes are smaller than lemons, as are 4L 6s's step sizes compared to 6L 4s
 |-
-|[[5L 5s]]||pentawood||pentawd-||pw||from 5-wood
+|[[5L 5s]]||pentawood||pentawd-||pw||blackwood[10] and whitewood[14] generalized to 5 periods
 |-
 |[[6L 4s]]||lemon||lem-||lem||from [[lemba]] temperament
 |-
-|[[7L 3s]]||dicoid||dico-||dico||pronounced /'daɪˌkɔɪd/; from exotemperaments [[Dicot family#Dichotic|dichotic]] and [[dicot]] (dicoid)
+|[[7L 3s]]||dicoid||dico-||dico||from [[Dicot family#Dichotic|dichotic]] and [[dicot]] (dicoid) exotemperaments; pronounced /'daɪˌkɔɪd/
 |-
-|[[8L 2s]]||taric||tara-||tar||from Hindi ''aṭhārah'' '[[#Taric (8L 2s)|18]]'
+|[[8L 2s]]||taric||tara-||tar||sister mos of 2L 8s; based off of [[wikipedia:Hindustani_numerals|Hindi]] word for 18 (aṭhārah), from which 18edo contains basic 8L 2s
 |-
-|[[9L 1s]]||sinatonic||sina-||si||from [[sinaic]]
+|[[9L 1s]]||sinatonic||sina-||si||derived from the generator being within the range of a [[sinaic]]
 |}
 <references />
-==Naming mos modes==
+== Naming mos modes==
 <blockquote>''No changes''. </blockquote>
@@ Line 123: / Line 123: @@
 <blockquote>''No changes''.</blockquote>
-== Extensions ==
+== Extensions==
-=== Naming neutral and interordinal intervals ===
+===Naming neutral and interordinal intervals===
 For a discussion of semi-moschroma-altered versions of mos intervals, see [[Neutral and interordinal intervals in MOS scales]].
@@ Line 131: / Line 131: @@
 For a discussion of mos names outside the named range, see [[TAMNAMS Extension|TAMNAMS extension]].
-==Extending the named range==
+== Extending the named range==
-: ''The following text should be added as subsection of Mos pattern names, to the appendix section [[TAMNAMS/Appendix#Reasoning for mos pattern names]], or as its own appendix section:''
+:''The following text should be added as subsection of Mos pattern names, to the appendix section [[TAMNAMS/Appendix#Reasoning for mos pattern names]], or as its own appendix section:''
 === Mosses with fewer than 6 steps ===
-Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller. These names are chosen to be as general as possible and to avoid bias or flavor, under the reasoning that such mosses are common and broad in tuning that their names can be used, and validly reused, in non-octave contexts. The exception to this are the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood'', which must refer to an octave-equivalent mos pattern of 1L 1s or 2L 2s, respectively.
+Expanding the named range to include mosses fewer than 6 steps entails naming pentatonic and tetratonic mosses, and smaller. These names are provided for completeness and are chosen to be as general as possible and to avoid bias or flavor, under the reasoning that such mosses are common and broad in tuning that their names can be used, and validly reused, in non-octave contexts.
+The exception to this are the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood'', which must refer to an octave-equivalent mos pattern of 1L 1s or 2L 2s, respectively.
 {| class="wikitable center-all"
 ! colspan="6" |2-note mosses
 |-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.
+! Pattern!! Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.
 !Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology
 |-
-| rowspan="2" |[[1L 1s]]||trivial||triv-||trv
+| rowspan="2" |[[1L 1s]]||trivial|| triv-||trv
-|No||the simplest valid mos pattern
+| No||the simplest valid mos pattern
 |-
 |monowood
@@ Line 154: / Line 156: @@
 ! colspan="6" |3-note mosses
 |-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.
+!Pattern !! Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.
 !Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology
 |-
@@ Line 165: / Line 167: @@
 ! colspan="6" |4-note mosses
 |-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.
+!Pattern!!Name!! Prefix!! Abbr.
 !Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology
 |-
 |[[1L 3s]]||antetric||atetra-||att
-|No||broader range than tetric so named w.r.t. it (anti-tetric; antetric)
+| No|| broader range than tetric so named w.r.t. it (anti-tetric; antetric)
 |-
-|[[2L 2s]]||biwood||biwd-||bw
+|[[2L 2s]]|| biwood||biwd-||bw
 |Yes||from 2-wood
 |-
@@ Line 179: / Line 181: @@
 ! colspan="6" |5-note mosses
 |-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.
+! Pattern!!Name!!Prefix !!Abbr.
 !Must be octave-equivalent?!!Etymology
 |-
@@ Line 188: / Line 190: @@
 |No||common pentatonic; from penta- for 5
 |-
-|[[3L 2s]]||antipentic||apent-||apt
+|[[3L 2s]]||antipentic|| apent-||apt
 |No||opposite pattern of common pentatonic mos
 |-
 |[[4L 1s]]||manual||manu-||manu
-|No||one thumb and four longer fingers
+|No ||one thumb and four longer fingers
-|}
-=== Mosses with more than 10 steps ===
-Names for ''n''L ''n''s mosses are provided by prefixing the number of periods ''n'' to the term ''wood'', from blackwood and whitewood temperaments. The corresponding Greek numeral prefix may be used instead.
-Applying this to 1L 1s and 2L 2s produces the names ''monowood'' and ''biwood.'' ''Monowood'' is not to be confused with ''trivial'', as it and biwood must refer to an octave-equivalent mos, whereas ''trivial'' can be used to describe a 1L 1s step pattern with any size period.
-{| class="wikitable center-all"
-|-
-!Pattern!!Name!!Prefix!!Abbr.!!Etymology
-|-
-|[[1L 1s]]||monowood||monowd-||w||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to 1L 1s
-|-
-|[[2L 2s]]||biwood||biwd-||bw||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to 2L 2s
-|-
-|3L 3s||triwood||triwd-||trw||from 3-wood; included for comparison
-|-
-|4L 4s||tetrawood||tetrawd-||ttw||from 4-wood; included for comparison
-|-
-|5L 5s||pentawood||pentawd-||pw||from 5-wood; included for comparison
-|-
-|''n''L ''n''s||''n''-wood||''none''||''none''||blackwood[10] & whitewood[14] generalized to ''n''L ''n''s
 |}
-== Reasoning for mos pattern names ==
+==Reasoning for mos pattern names==
 <blockquote>''The following is a rewrite to a section to the TAMNAMS appendix.''</blockquote>The goal of TAMNAMS mos names is to choose memorable but aesthetically neutral names for the most common octave-equivalent mosses.
-=== General reasonings ===
+===General reasonings===
-==== Use established names if they do not cause confusion ====
+====Use established names if they do not cause confusion====
-Mos names already in use are incorporated into TAMNAMS. Examples of such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcherepnin''{{Clarify}}, ''oneirotonic'' (refers to a 5L 3s scale in 13edo), ''diatonic'', and ''antidiatonic.''
+Mos names already in use are incorporated into TAMNAMS. Examples of such names include ''mosh'', ''tcherepnin'', ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano, antidiatonic'', and ''diatonic.''
-==== Avoid or modify temperament-based names ====
+====Avoid or alter temperament-based names====
-Mos names are chosen so that these mosses can be discussed more independently of RTT temperaments. A few names – namely ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon'' – are all based on notable temperaments – porcupine, hyrule, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively. However, these names are heavily abstracted from the original temperament names.
+Mos names are chosen so that these mosses can be discussed more independently of RTT temperaments. A few names – namely ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon'' – are all based on notable temperaments – porcupine, triforce, pajara, echidnoid, and lemba, respectively. However, these names are heavily abstracted from the original temperament names.
 Names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' – namely ''machinoid'', ''sephiroid'', and ''dicoid'' – refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] which, when including extreme tunings, effectively cover the entirety of the corresponding mos. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts).
-==== Assign names to mosses most likely to see use ====
+==== Name mosses most likely to see use====
-Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS only provides mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps, as their step counts are close to that of diatonic (7 steps). Mosses with note counts greater than that are likely to be supersets (that is, daughter or granddaughter mosses) of a smaller, TAMNAMS-named mos, and is recommend to see them as such.
+Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS only provides mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps, as their step counts are close to that of diatonic (7 steps). This range is chosen to avoid naming mosses for the sake of naming.
+Mosses with note counts greater than that are likely to be supersets (that is, daughter or granddaughter mosses) of a smaller, TAMNAMS-named mos.
 ===Name-specific reasonings===
-==== Names for monolarge mosses ====
+====Names for monolarge mosses====
 Similarly, the inclusion of mosses of the form 1L ns using the "anti-" prefix (or an- for less-than-six-note mosses) was also for a practical consideration; although the tuning range is very unhelpful for knowing what such a mos will sound, it is nonetheless useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, especially given that in such situations the tuning will likely be specified somewhere already. Jaric and taric specifically were chosen over bipedal and bimanual because of this, and to a lesser extent, lemon and lime were chosen over antibipentic and bipentic respectively (and for consistency with that their parent MOSS, 4L2s, is named citric).
@@ Line 266: / Line 251: @@
 Note there are many more warted tunings than this with even more extreme tunings, which makes it reasonable to loosely associate the exotemperament with the range of vaguely saner tunings.
-====Armotonic (7L 2s)====
+==== Armotonic (7L 2s)====
 The name "superdiatonic" has seen some precedent of use on the Xen Wiki to refer to the mos pattern 7L 2s, so is accepted as ''a'' possible name, but "armotonic" is preferred due to its clarity as "superdiatonic" could reasonably be confused as describing sharp-fifth diatonic scales. This mos is part of a series of mos patterns (5+2k)L 2s, which starts with diatonic (5L 2s, k=0) and superdiatonic (7L 2s, k=1), hence the reasoning for that name; like 5L 2s, 7L 2s is also a fifth-generated scale and has a structure similar to diatonic in some ways, but with more large steps. Because of the ambiguity, the name "armotonic", in reference to Armodue theory, is TAMNAMS' recommended name, but "superdiatonic" is allowed in contexts where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.
-====On the term ''diatonic''====
+==== On the term ''diatonic''====
 In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while diatonic has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.
-=== Former names ===
+===Former names===
 Several names have been changed significantly, as naming principles have evolved to what they are currently, or due to the meaning behind these names being called into question. Former names are provided here for reference, as some names still see some use among users. Changes to spelling are not considered significant and are thus not included here.
 {| class="wikitable center-all"
@@ Line 285: / Line 270: @@
 |-
 !Pattern
-!Current name
+! Current name
 !Former name(s)
 !Reasoning
@@ Line 296: / Line 281: @@
 |-
 |[[4L 2s]]
-|citric||lemon||New name chosen to signify parenthood of 4L 6s and 6L 4s. Old name now refers to 6L 4s.
+|citric||lemon || New name chosen to signify parenthood of 4L 6s and 6L 4s. Old name now refers to 6L 4s.
 |-
 |[[5L 1s]]
@@ Line 311: / Line 296: @@
 |-
 !Pattern
-!Current name!!Former name(s)!!Reasoning
+!Current name!!Former name(s) !!Reasoning
 |-
 |[[2L 6s]]
@@ Line 320: / Line 305: @@
 |-
 |[[4L 4s]]
-|tetrawood||tetrawood; diminished||The name ''tetrawood'' is advised over ''diminished'', but the latter still sees some use.
+|tetrawood||tetrawood; diminished ||The name ''tetrawood'' is advised over ''diminished'', but the latter still sees some use.
 |-
 |[[5L 3s]]
@@ Line 337: / Line 322: @@
 |-
 |[[2L 7s]]
-|balzano||joanatonic||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.
+|balzano|| joanatonic||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.
 |-
 |[[3L 6s]]
@@ Line 343: / Line 328: @@
 |-
 |[[4L 5s]]
-|gramitonic||orwelloid||Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.
+|gramitonic||orwelloid || Referenced temperament was not suitable as an exotemperament.
 |-
 |[[5L 4s]]
@@ Line 375: / Line 360: @@
 |-
 |[[6L 4s]]
-|lemon||antidipentic||New name chosen to be independent of ''pentic''.
+| lemon ||antidipentic|| New name chosen to be independent of ''pentic''.
 |-
 |[[7L 3s]]
@@ Line 381: / Line 366: @@
 |-
 |[[8L 2s]]
-|taric||dimanic||New name chosen to be independent of ''manic''.
+|taric||dimanic ||New name chosen to be independent of ''manic''.
 |-
 |[[9L 1s]]
@@ Line 394: / Line 379: @@
 |-
 |[[4L 7s]]
-|''Not part of named range''||kleistonic||Dropped when 10-note limit was established, but still sees some use.
+|''Not part of named range''||kleistonic ||Dropped when 10-note limit was established, but still sees some use.
 |-
 |[[7L 4s]]