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This comma was named ''kalisma'' by [[Margo Schulter]] in 2000 from the Greek root [[wiktionary:%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8C%CF%82 #Ancient Greek|''kal-'' ("beautiful")]]<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_12989.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Re: Kalisma/xenisma (new names?) -- JI tuning and Scala file'']</ref>. [[Gene Ward Smith]], not aware of Margo's work, proposed ''gaussisma'' in 2004, reasoning that {{w|D. H. Lehmer}} claimed {{w|Carl Friedrich Gauss}} had mentioned the ratio<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_10130.html#10135 Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Re: {{lbrack}}tuning-math{{rbrack}} Digest Number 1011'']</ref>.