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| = ARCHIVED WIKISPACES DISCUSSION BELOW =
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| '''All discussion below is archived from the Wikispaces export in its original unaltered form.'''
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| == millioctave ==
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| The millioctave should better not be considered as an example of a relative cent measure.
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| - '''xenwolf''' September 21, 2011, 11:19:23 PM UTC-0700
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| It makes just as much sense as Turk cents, doesn't it?
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| - '''genewardsmith''' September 22, 2011, 03:00:36 AM UTC-0700
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| No. I think that the special meaning of the octave is widely accepted,
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| also in xenharmonic context (The existence of terms like nonoctave and
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| edonoi seem to confirm this). The dominance of the decimal system needs
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| no discussion here, it's of course used in cent values etc.
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| Millioctaves are scaled binary logarithms and can therefore be
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| "calculated" easily by shifting the decimal point.
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| The fact that millioctaves are not used is another matter entirely.
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| I'd prefer not to mix non-cent interval measures with relative cents (rc),
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| because rc are also usable for an easy comparison of the usability of
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| edos for a given just interval, which is not the case for millioctaves.
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| - '''xenwolf''' September 23, 2011, 02:37:14 AM UTC-0700
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| I do not see the point. Mathematically, a millioctave is exactly the same as a relative cent for 10edo.
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| - '''hstraub''' September 23, 2011, 05:31:31 AM UTC-0700
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| Absolutely, the size of the relative cent in 10-edo is <strong>exactly</strong> 1 millioctave.
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| But: Mostly it's not the numerical value of an object that governs which word we use for it, but the context in which it is used.
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| In programming, you'll seldom use
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| #define TWO 2
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| In every-day life you'll rarely name tools after their price.
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| Granted, there are exceptions:
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| I think of these occasions where you choose Books by weight (for pressing plant parts), or by thickness (as cabinet leg replacement) ;)
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| - '''xenwolf''' September 23, 2011, 08:39:50 AM UTC-0700
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| == Origin of term relative cents ==
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| This was proposed some years back.
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| - '''genewardsmith''' May 26, 2011, 04:46:44 PM UTC-0700
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| Sorry, I didn't know that. It was before my time here.
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| - '''xenwolf''' May 27, 2011, 12:19:26 AM UTC-0700
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