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Let ''d'' ≥ 0. A linear or circular word ''s'' (representing a aperiodic resp. periodic scale) is ''d''-'''balanced''' if its '''balance''' satisfies the following:
Let ''d'' ≥ 0. A linear or circular word ''s'' (representing a periodic scale if circular) is ''d''-'''balanced''' if its '''balance''' satisfies the following:


<math> \operatorname{balance}(s) := \max \big\{ \big| |w|_{x_i} - |w'|_{x_i} \big| : x_i \text{ is a letter of }s\text{ and }k = \operatorname{len}(w) = \operatorname{len}(w') \big\} \leq d,</math>
<math> \operatorname{balance}(s) := \max \big\{ \big| |w|_{x_i} - |w'|_{x_i} \big| : x_i \text{ is a letter of }s\text{ and }k = \operatorname{len}(w) = \operatorname{len}(w') \big\} \leq d,</math>

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Let d ≥ 0. A linear or circular word s (representing a periodic scale if circular) is d-balanced if its balance satisfies the following:

[math]\displaystyle{ \operatorname{balance}(s) := \max \big\{ \big| |w|_{x_i} - |w'|_{x_i} \big| : x_i \text{ is a letter of }s\text{ and }k = \operatorname{len}(w) = \operatorname{len}(w') \big\} \leq d, }[/math]

where |u|xi is the number of occurrences of the letter xi in the word u. A scale is balanced if it is 1-balanced.