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

(Provided for lack of a better name)

These mosses require that some small integer multiple of the period is equal to an octave, under the reasoning that such step patterns are common and broad in tuning that their names can be validly reused in non-octave contexts. As a result, these names are chosen to be as general as possible, so as to avoid any bias or flavor towards anything other than their step counts or step patterns.

Names are given to mosses that are the most likely to be used by musicians. As such, TAMNAMS primarily provides names for mosses within the range of 6 to 10 steps (or 2 to 10 steps, when including the extended named range for smaller mosses). This range is chosen to avoid naming large mosses ''for the sake of naming''. Additionally, some of these reasonings also serve as justifications for changing earlier names. As such, this section not only provides reasonings for their names but also a record of how those reasonings were developed in the first place.

====Temperament-based names and the ''-oid'' suffix====

Temperament-based names should be used ''as a last resort'', and if used should be based on a notable temperament. Most of these names are abstractions of their original temperament names insofar that they refer to a temperament. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; these reference the temperaments of [[porcupine]], [[triforce]], [[pajara]] (along with [[diaschismic]] and [[injera]]), [[echidna]], and [[lemba]], respectively, with ''jaric'' and ''lemon'' having additional reasonings of their own.

Temperament-based names ending in the suffix ''-oid'' refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperametns) whose tuning ranges, when including extreme tunings, cover the entirety of their corresponding mosses. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios (2:1, 3:1, 3:2, etc) for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by [[patent val]], then with a small number of [[warts]]). Such names include ''machinoid'', ''dicoid'', and ''sephiroid'', in reference to [[machine]], [[dichotic]]/[[dicot]], and [[sephiroth]] temperaments, respectively; for information regarding these temperaments' tunings, see their specific reasonings under Reasoning for specific names.

Reasonings that do not fall under any of the general reasonings are likely to have a relationship-based reasoning, where groups of mosses – usually related by sisterhood or parenthood, but not always – are given names based on a common theme.

Mosses of the form ''n''L ''n''s are given names based on a Greek numeral prefix added to the base name ''wood'', in reference to the temperaments [[blackwood]] and [[whitewood]]. These mosses are special in that all mosses with the same number of periods ''n'' can be traced back to an ''n''L ''n''s mos, representing a mos consisting of only its generators and periods. In other words, these mosses are a 1L 1s pattern repeated ''n'' times in one octave. Coincidentally, all mosses with ''n'' periods form a binary ''tree'' whose ''root'' is ''n''L ''n''s (and wood is generally known to come from trees), lending credence to the wood-based name.

Originally, the names for 4L 6s and 6L 4s were based on the duplication of the 2L 3s mos and were called ''dipentic'' and ''antidipentic'', respectively. These were changed to their current names as, at the time, the 5-note mosses required an octave period, thus these names required an equivalence interval of 4/1. Although the name ''pentic'' can currently apply to a 2L 3s pattern with any size period, the current names were given for completeness, which warranted renaming the related mosses of 2L 4s (renamed from ''antilemon'' to ''malic'') and 4L 2s (renamed from ''lemon'' to ''citric'').

Originally, the names for 2L 8s and 8L 2s were based on the duplication of the 3L 2s mos and were called called ''antidimanic'' and ''dimanic'', respectively (note that ''manic'' was since changed to ''manual''). These were changed for the same reasons as with 4L 6s and 6L 4s, and similarly warranted renaming the related mosses of 2L 6s (renamed from ''antiechidnoid'' to ''subaric'') and 6L 2s (renamed from ''echidnoid'' to ''ekic'').

Several names have been changed significantly, as naming principles have evolved to what they are currently, or due to the meaning of certain names being called into question. Former names are provided here for reference. Short-lived names are not included here.

Dropped to establish 10-note limit.

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