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A '''word''', in mathematical terminology, is a sequence of letters from some finite alphabet, such as "aabaaab" or "LLsLLLs." In music theory, they are often used to represent an abstract scale template with some specified pattern of step sizes, such as when working with [[MOS]] scales. Two words that are rotations of one another, such as "aabaaab" and "abaaaba", are ~~termed~~ ''conjugate'', and an equivalence class of words under conjugacy is ~~dubbed~~ a '''circular word''' or a '''necklace'''.

A '''word''', in mathematical terminology, is a sequence of letters from some finite alphabet, such as "aabaaab" or "LLsLLLs." In music theory, they are often used to represent an abstract scale template with some specified pattern of step sizes, such as when working with [[MOS]] scales. Two words that are rotations of one another, such as "aabaaab" and "abaaaba", are said to be ''conjugate'', and an equivalence class of words under conjugacy is termed a '''circular word''' or a '''necklace'''.

For example, the word "aabaaab" can be thought of as representing a '''scale template''' where "a" represents one kind of step, and "b" represents a different kind of step. It is often useful to specify the relative sizes of the steps as well, leading to the two related words "LLsLLLs" and "ssLsssL," where L means "large" and s means "small." Of these, LLsLLLs basically corresponds to the diatonic scale, and ssLsssL the anti-diatonic scale; aabaaab can be thought of a more generic word incorporating both into a single template.

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	A '''word''', in mathematical terminology, is a sequence of letters from some finite alphabet, such as "aabaaab" or "LLsLLLs." In music theory, they are often used to represent an abstract scale template with some specified pattern of step sizes, such as when working with [[MOS]] scales. Two words that are rotations of one another, such as "aabaaab" and "abaaaba", are ~~termed~~ ''conjugate'', and an equivalence class of words under conjugacy is ~~dubbed~~ a '''circular word''' or a '''necklace'''.		A '''word''', in mathematical terminology, is a sequence of letters from some finite alphabet, such as "aabaaab" or "LLsLLLs." In music theory, they are often used to represent an abstract scale template with some specified pattern of step sizes, such as when working with [[MOS]] scales. Two words that are rotations of one another, such as "aabaaab" and "abaaaba", are said to be ''conjugate'', and an equivalence class of words under conjugacy is termed a '''circular word''' or a '''necklace'''.

	For example, the word "aabaaab" can be thought of as representing a '''scale template''' where "a" represents one kind of step, and "b" represents a different kind of step. It is often useful to specify the relative sizes of the steps as well, leading to the two related words "LLsLLLs" and "ssLsssL," where L means "large" and s means "small." Of these, LLsLLLs basically corresponds to the diatonic scale, and ssLsssL the anti-diatonic scale; aabaaab can be thought of a more generic word incorporating both into a single template.		For example, the word "aabaaab" can be thought of as representing a '''scale template''' where "a" represents one kind of step, and "b" represents a different kind of step. It is often useful to specify the relative sizes of the steps as well, leading to the two related words "LLsLLLs" and "ssLsssL," where L means "large" and s means "small." Of these, LLsLLLs basically corresponds to the diatonic scale, and ssLsssL the anti-diatonic scale; aabaaab can be thought of a more generic word incorporating both into a single template.