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A '''moment of symmetry''' ('''MOS''' or '''mos'''<ref group="note">The acronym "MOS" is generally pronounced ''em-oh-ess'', while the {{w|anacronym}} "mos", more common in informal and experimental settings, is generally pronounced ''moss''. Sometimes "MOSS" or "moss", standing for "moment of symmetry scale", are used instead, although there is no significant difference in meaning.</ref>) '''scale''' is a [[periodic scale]] ~~with two properties. 1) It has only two step sizes,~~ where ~~size means the size in cents. 2) not just the steps~~ (~~i.e. all the 2nds~~) ~~but also all~~ the 3rds, ~~all the~~ 4ths, ~~and so on~~ (~~i.e. every [[interval class]]~~) ~~occur in only two sizes. However~~, ~~the octave occurs~~ in only one size.

A '''moment of symmetry''' ('''MOS''' or '''mos'''<ref group="note">The acronym "MOS" is generally pronounced ''em-oh-ess'', while the {{w|anacronym}} "mos", more common in informal and experimental settings, is generally pronounced ''moss''. Sometimes "MOSS" or "moss", standing for "moment of symmetry scale", are used instead, although there is no significant difference in meaning.</ref>) '''scale''' is a [[periodic scale]] where every 2nd (that is, every interval formed by ascending a step) is either small or large with no in-between, and the same goes for 3rds, 4ths, etc. Multiples of the period (which is usually the octave or a fraction thereof), however, come in only one size.

MOS scales are often referred to as MOSes, thus MOS can be used as either an adjective or a noun.

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-A '''moment of symmetry''' ('''MOS''' or '''mos'''<ref group="note">The acronym "MOS" is generally pronounced ''em-oh-ess'', while the {{w|anacronym}} "mos", more common in informal and experimental settings, is generally pronounced  ''moss''. Sometimes "MOSS" or "moss", standing for "moment of symmetry scale", are used instead, although there is no significant difference in meaning.</ref>) '''scale''' is a [[periodic scale]] with two properties. 1) It has only two step sizes, where size means the size in cents. 2) not just the steps (i.e. all the 2nds) but also all the 3rds, all the 4ths, and so on (i.e. every [[interval class]]) occur in only two sizes. However, the octave occurs in only one size.
+A '''moment of symmetry''' ('''MOS''' or '''mos'''<ref group="note">The acronym "MOS" is generally pronounced ''em-oh-ess'', while the {{w|anacronym}} "mos", more common in informal and experimental settings, is generally pronounced  ''moss''. Sometimes "MOSS" or "moss", standing for "moment of symmetry scale", are used instead, although there is no significant difference in meaning.</ref>) '''scale''' is a [[periodic scale]] where every 2nd (that is, every interval formed by ascending a step) is either small or large with no in-between, and the same goes for 3rds, 4ths, etc. Multiples of the period (which is usually the octave or a fraction thereof), however, come in only one size.
 MOS scales are often referred to as MOSes, thus MOS can be used as either an adjective or a noun.

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