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This comma was first named as ''parahemwuer'' by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[parakleismic]]'' and ''[[hemiwürschmidt]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>. It is not clear how it later became ''hemimean'', but the root of ''hemimean'' is obvious, being a contraction of ''hemiwürschmidt'' and ''meantone''.

The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is.

The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is; [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcalá St. Didacus] was a Spanish missionary after whom the city of San Diego was named, but there seems to be no relation between this individual and musical temperament.

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 This comma was first named as ''parahemwuer'' by [[Gene Ward Smith]] in 2005 as a contraction of ''[[parakleismic]]'' and ''[[hemiwürschmidt]]''<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning-math/topicId_12900.html Yahoo! Tuning Group | ''Seven limit comma names from pairs of temperament names'']</ref>. It is not clear how it later became ''hemimean'', but the root of ''hemimean'' is obvious, being a contraction of ''hemiwürschmidt'' and ''meantone''.
-The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is.
+The name ''didacus'' seems to be first attested in September 2016 ([https://en.xen.wiki/index.php?title=Subgroup_temperaments&diff=next&oldid=26776 here]), and the name was created by Gene Ward Smith. It is unclear what the origin of this name is; [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didacus_of_Alcalá St. Didacus] was a Spanish missionary after whom the city of San Diego was named, but there seems to be no relation between this individual and musical temperament.
 == Notes ==