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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
The term ''tritave'' was coined by [[John Pierce]]<ref>https://www.huygens-fokker.org/bpsite/intervals.html</ref>. It was derived from the word ''octave'' by replacing the prefix ''octo-'' (eight, for 8 notes in an octave span of the diatonic scale) by ''tri-'' (three, for 3/1).
The term ''tritave'' was coined by [[John Pierce]]<ref>https://www.huygens-fokker.org/bpsite/intervals.html</ref>. It was derived from the word ''octave'' by replacing the perceived prefix ''octo-'' (eight, for the eighth degree of the diatonic scale) by ''tri-'' (three, for 3/1). It should be noted, however, that the ''oct'' in ''octave'' is not a prefix, but part of the single-morpheme word derived from Latin ''octavus'' (eighth).  


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[EDT]] (equal divisions of the tritave)
* [[EDT]] (equal divisions of the tritave)
* [[No-twos 31-limit]] -- non-octave 31-limit system containing neither 2 nor primes higher than 31
* [[No-twos 31-limit]] non-octave 31-limit system containing neither 2 nor primes higher than 31
* [[Tritave complement]] -- the analogue for [[octave complement]]
* [[Tritave complement]] the analogue for [[octave complement]]


== References ==
== References ==
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