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Pedals are operated with feet, which have one large toe and four small toes. Also comes from words like "bipedal", where in TAMNAMS, "bipedal" would literally mean a pedal scale with a period equal to half of some chosen interval, although such a scale would have either two right feet or two left feet depending on orientation chosen. If you think "car"/"vehicle" when you think "pedal" and don't think (or want to think) much about feet then you can think about "[[beep]]ing" (as [[beep]] is the 7-limit 4&5 exotemperament). Because this name relies so heavily and fundamentally on there being 1 large and 4 small steps per period, it is appropriate to generalise for any size of period you would want. In that regard, same goes for manual, pentic and anpentic.

==== Malic (2L 4s) ====

An apple has two concave ends (2L), ~~while lemons~~ and limes have two convex ends (2s). The juxtaposition of malic with citric also fits with the organic acid theme.

An apple has two concave ends, and large steps in a scale with more small steps are hole-like, hence 2L. For citric (4L 2s), Lemons and limes have two convex pointy ends, and small steps are pointy, hence 2s. The juxtaposition of malic with citric also fits with the organic acid theme.

==== Machinoid (5L 1s) ====

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 Pedals are operated with feet, which have one large toe and four small toes. Also comes from words like "bipedal", where in TAMNAMS, "bipedal" would literally mean a pedal scale with a period equal to half of some chosen interval, although such a scale would have either two right feet or two left feet depending on orientation chosen. If you think "car"/"vehicle" when you think "pedal" and don't think (or want to think) much about feet then you can think about "[[beep]]ing" (as [[beep]] is the 7-limit 4&5 exotemperament). Because this name relies so heavily and fundamentally on there being 1 large and 4 small steps per period, it is appropriate to generalise for any size of period you would want. In that regard, same goes for manual, pentic and anpentic.
 ==== Malic (2L 4s) ====
-An apple has two concave ends (2L), while lemons and limes have two convex ends (2s). The juxtaposition of malic with citric also fits with the organic acid theme.
+An apple has two concave ends, and large steps in a scale with more small steps are hole-like, hence 2L. For citric (4L 2s), Lemons and limes have two convex pointy ends, and small steps are pointy, hence 2s. The juxtaposition of malic with citric also fits with the organic acid theme.
 ==== Machinoid (5L 1s) ====