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===General reasonings===

The following reasonings cover most TAMNAMS names and should be considered the minimum criteria for naming mosses.

==== Established names ====

Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion, or are given names that reference ~~them~~. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', ''armotonic'' (in reference to Armodue theory), ''checkertonic'', and ''diatonic.''

Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion, or are given names that reference notable things. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', ''armotonic'' (in reference to Armodue theory), ''checkertonic'', and ''diatonic.''

==== Names that describe an interval quality ====

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==== Temperament-based names ====

Temperament-based names should be used as a last resort, ~~and such~~ names ~~should be abstracted from the~~ original ~~temperaments~~. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; these reference ~~notable~~ temperaments of porcupine, triforce, pajara (along with diaschismic and injera), echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.

Temperament-based names should be used as a last resort, unless if the temperament in question is exceptionally notable. Most of these names are abstractions of their original temperament names insofar that they still refer to a temperament, as some of these names have additional reasonings. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; these reference the temperaments of porcupine, triforce, pajara (along with diaschismic and injera), echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.

Temperament-based names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperametns) whose tuning ranges, when including extreme tunings, cover the entirety of their corresponding mosses. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts). Such names include ''machinoid'', ''dicoid'', and ''sephiroid'', in reference to ''machine'', ''dichotic/dicot'', and ''sephiroth'' temperaments, respectively; for more information, see their specific reasonings under <section>.

~~=== Reasonings for multiperiod mosses ===~~

Mosses of the form ''n''L ''n''s are given names based on a Greek numeral prefix added to the base name ''wood'', in reference to the temperaments [[blackwood]] and [[whitewood]]. These mosses are special in that all mosses with the same number of periods ''n'' can be traced back to an ''n''L ''n''s mos, representing a mos consisting of only its generators and periods. This also means that, coincidentally, all mosses with ''n'' periods form a binary ''tree'' whose root is ''n''L ''n''s, lending credence to the wood-based name.

~~Multiperiod mosses other than ''n''L ''n''s were originally given composite names that were based on the the repetition of a smaller step pattern.~~

~~Multiperiod mosses are given unique names that are not reliant on duplicating the name of a mos from the expanded named range, namely ''manual'', ''pedal'', ''pentic'', and ''antipentic''.~~

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Similarly, the inclusion of mosses of the form 1L ns using the "anti-" prefix (or an- for less-than-six-note mosses) was also for a practical consideration; although the tuning range is very unhelpful for knowing what such a mos will sound, it is nonetheless useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, especially given that in such situations the tuning will likely be specified somewhere already. Jaric and taric specifically were chosen over bipedal and bimanual because of this, and to a lesser extent, lemon and lime were chosen over antibipentic and bipentic respectively (and for consistency with that their parent MOSS, 4L2s, is named citric).

=== Relationship-based reasonings ===

Reasonings that do not fall under any of the general reasonings are likely to have a relationship-based reasoning, where groups of mosses related by sisterhood or parenthood are given names based on a common theme.

====Monolarge mosses====

====Monolarge mosses (if no other gemstone names are adopted)====

[[Step-generated scale|Monolarge]] mosses (mosses of the form 1L ''n''s) ~~were originally left unnamed due to the tuning ranges for these mosses being so large that they were unhelpful with knowing how they sound. This position was changed as of August 2022, and~~ names ~~have been given since it~~'~~s useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, and especially in such contexts, a specific tuning will likely be specified.~~

[[Step-generated scale|Monolarge]] mosses (mosses of the form 1L ''n''s) are given names based on their sister mos (''n''L 1s), with the ''anti-'' prefix added. The exception to this is 1L 6s, given the name ''onyx'' for the following reasonings:<blockquote>"1Ln-ic's" and "nL1-ic's (like, the -ic suffix applied to MOSS names, collectivised for 1Lns and nL1s) sounds like "one-el-en-ics" or "en-el-one-ics" which abbreviated sort of sounds like "one-ics" => "onyx". Then "onyx" sounds sort of like "one-six". Furthermore the onyx mineral comes in many colours and types, which seems fitting given this is the parent scale for a wide variety of MOSSes; specifically of interest being 7L 1s (pine), 8L 1s (subneutralic) and 9L 1s (sinatonic). Finally, the name "onyx" is also supposed to be vaguely reminiscent of "anti-archaeotonic" as "chi" (the greek letter) is written like an "x" (this is related to why "christmas" is abbreviated sometimes as "X-mas") and other than that, the letters "o" and "n" and their sounds are also present in "archaeotonic", and "x" is vaguely reminiscent of negation and multiplication. There is also something like a "y" sound in "archaeotonic" in the "aeo" part (depending partially on your pronounciation).</blockquote>

~~Originally,~~ ''~~onyx~~'~~' (1L 6s~~) ~~was the only unique name~~, ~~not based on affixing~~ the anti- prefix to the name ~~of its sister mos (6L 1s,~~ ''~~archeotonic~~''~~). The original reasoning is given verbatim~~:<blockquote>"1Ln-ic's" and "nL1-ic's (like, the -ic suffix applied to MOSS names, collectivised for 1Lns and nL1s) sounds like "one-el-en-ics" or "en-el-one-ics" which abbreviated sort of sounds like "one-ics" => "onyx". Then "onyx" sounds sort of like "one-six". Furthermore the onyx mineral comes in many colours and types, which seems fitting given this is the parent scale for a wide variety of MOSSes; specifically of interest being 7L 1s (pine), 8L 1s (subneutralic) and 9L 1s (sinatonic). Finally, the name "onyx" is also supposed to be vaguely reminiscent of "anti-archaeotonic" as "chi" (the greek letter) is written like an "x" (this is related to why "christmas" is abbreviated sometimes as "X-mas") and other than that, the letters "o" and "n" and their sounds are also present in "archaeotonic", and "x" is vaguely reminiscent of negation and multiplication. There is also something like a "y" sound in "archaeotonic" in the "aeo" part (depending partially on your pronounciation).</blockquote>~~Names for all monolarge mosses within the named range (6-10 steps) were given unique names following in the spirit of ''onyx'':~~

==== Monolarge mosses (if all gemstone names are adopted) ====

Names for all monolarge mosses within the named range (6-10 steps) were given unique names following in the spirit of ''onyx'':

*1L 5s is named ''selenite'', as the mineral called selenite is named after the moon. 1L 6s is supported by luna temperament, thus indirectly referencing it.

*1L 7s is named ''spinel'', as it contains the substring ''pine'', in reference to its sister mos of 7L 1s (pine).

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The names for 2L 4s and 4L 2s come from Latin ''malus'' and ''citrus'', meaning 'apple' and 'citrus', respectively. Apples have concave ends, whereas lemons and limes – both types of citrus fruits – have convex ends. Both are ubiquitous foods, justifying their use for these fairly small mosses.

Additionally, "citric" is the parent mos of 6L 4s and 4L 6s, named after the citrus fruits "lemon" and "lime", respectively, under the reasoning that lemons are larger than limes, as are the step sizes of 6L 4s compared to that of 4L 6s.

Additionally, the name ''citric'' is given to 4L 2s, as it is the parent mos of 6L 4s and 4L 6s, named after the citrus fruits ''lemon'' and ''lime'', respectively, under the reasoning that lemons are larger than limes, as are the step sizes of 6L 4s compared to that of 4L 6s.

====Subaric (2L 6s), jaric (2L 8s), and taric (8L 2s)====

The name "jaric" alludes to a few highly notable temperaments that exist in the tuning range of this mos~~. Specifically~~, the ~~letters~~ and pronunciation of "jaric~~" are meant to invoke that of~~ [[~~pajara~~|pa'''jar'''a]], [[~~diaschismic~~|~~diaschism~~'''ic''']] and [[~~injera~~|in'''~~jer~~'''a]]. These temperaments, except for diaschismic, have generally inaccurate tunings.

The name ''jaric'' alludes to a few highly notable temperaments that exist in the tuning range of this mos, which is alluded to through the spelling and pronunciation of '''jaric''': [[Pajara|pa'''jar'''a]], [[Injera|in'''jer'''a]], and [[Diaschismic|diaschism'''ic''']]. These temperaments, except for diaschismic, have generally inaccurate tunings.

The name ''taric'' was named based on it being the only named-range mos with a basic tuning (L:s = 2:1) of [[18edo]] and, as it and 2L 8s share the same parent of 2L 6s, was made to rhyme with jaric.

The name ''subaric'' alludes to the fact that 2L 6s is the largest proper '''sub'''set mos of both j'''aric''' (2L 8s) and t'''aric''' (8L 2s).

=== Reasonings for multiperiod mosses ===

Mosses of the form ''n''L ''n''s are given names based on a Greek numeral prefix added to the base name ''wood'', in reference to the temperaments [[blackwood]] and [[whitewood]]. These mosses are special in that all mosses with the same number of periods ''n'' can be traced back to an ''n''L ''n''s mos, representing a mos consisting of only its generators and periods. In other words, these mosses are a 1L 1s pattern repeated ''n'' times in one octave.

~~The name "taric" was named based on it being~~ the ~~only named~~-~~range mos with a basic tuning (~~L:s ~~= 2:1) of [[18edo]] and~~, as ~~it and 2L 8s share~~ the ~~same parent of 2L 6s, was made to rhyme with jaric~~.

This also means that, coincidentally, all mosses with ''n'' periods form a binary ''tree'' whose root is ''n''L ''n''s, lending credence to the wood-based name.

The names for all other multiperiod mosses, ''nx''L ''ny''s, follow the reasonings as stated in the previous section.

~~The name "subaric" alludes to the fact that 2L 6s is the largest proper '''sub'''set mos of both j'''aric''' (2L 8s) and t'''aric''' (8L 2s).~~

{| class="wikitable"

|+Relationship between 2-period mosses

|+Relationship between two-period mosses

!Pattern

!Name

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| rowspan="5" |''2L 2s''

| rowspan="5" |''~~biwood~~ (provided for reference)''

| rowspan="5" |biwood

''(provided for reference)''

| rowspan="2" |4L 2s

| rowspan="2" |citric

''(formerly lemon)''

|4L 6s

|lime

''(formerly dipentic)''

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|6L 4s

|lemon

''(formerly antidipentic)''

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| rowspan="3" |2L 4s

| rowspan="3" |malic

''(formerly antilemon)''

|6L 2s

|ekic

''(formerly echidnoid)''

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| rowspan="2" |2L 6s

| rowspan="2" |subaric

''(formerly antiechidnoid)''

|8L 2s

|taric

''(formerly antidimanic)''

|-

|2L 8s

|jaric

''(formerly dimanic)''

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This temperament is supported by {{Optimal ET sequence| 7, 10 and 17 }} equal divisions, with non-patent val tunings including (but not limited to) 7+7=14cd, 10+10=20e, 17+7=24cd, and 17+10=27ce.

~~====Armotonic (7L 2s)====~~

~~The name ''armotonic'' is in reference to [[Armodue theory]], as it applies to the 7L 2s scale in 16edo.~~

Originally, the name ''superdiatonic'' was used for 7L 2s, under the assumption that it was given by Armodue theorists, but this turned out to be a misattribution. Despite this, the name ''superdiatonic'' has seen some precedent of use on the wiki to refer to an octave-equivalent 7L 2s pattern, although it has had earlier use to refer to the expansion of a smaller mos to a larger one:

* From the page [[altered pentad]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to meantone[12], corresponding to 7L 5s:

<blockquote>''One drawback of meantone[12] (the so-called '''superdiatonic''' scale) is that it has only two each of the ordinary (5:6:7:8:9) [[otonal]] and [[utonal]] pentads, just as it has only two of each 7-limit [[tetrad]].''</blockquote>

* From the page [[mohajira]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to mohajira[10], corresponding to 7L 3s.

* From the page [[Composing Powerstart]], where ''superdiatonic'' is used to refer to porcupine[8], corresponding to 7L 1s:

<blockquote>''For starters, you might want to mess around with what's called "[[porcupine]]" temperament in [[22edo|22-EDO]]. The base diatonic-sized scale is (as steps out of 22-EDO) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3, and you can chromatically alter anything in that scale you want by 1 step out of 22. For instance, if you flat the 7, you get the scale 4 3 3 3 3 2 4, which is nice because it has a 4:5:6:7:9:11 chord in it. There's another "'''superdiatonic'''" scale at 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 which you can morph the above into if you want, and a 15-note chromatic scale at 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2; feel free to not stick dogmatically to these exact scales but to change them as you desire.''</blockquote>What 7L 2s and 5L 2s ''do'' share in common is 7L 2s has two extra large steps compared to 5L 2s, and can be generalized to mosses of the form (5+2''k'')L 2s, with increasingly ''flat'' fifth-like intervals for their generators.

Due to these concerns, the name ''armotonic'' is normally advised over ''superdiatonic'' as the former is unambiguous as to what it refers to, and the name ''superdiatonic'' is only allowed in situations where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.

====On the term ''diatonic''====

In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while the term ''diatonic'' has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, both within and outside the contexts of xenharmonic music theory, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.

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|ekic (current)

|August 2022 || ~~Former name altered~~.

|August 2022 || Referenced temperament (echidnoid) was not suitable as an exotemperament. Name abstracted.

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|[[7L 1s]]

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==== Temperament-based names ====

==== Two-period mosses ====

Originally, the names for the 10-note multiperiod mosses of 4L 6s, 6L 4s, 2L 8s, and 8L 2s had names based on the duplication of a 5-note mos and were called ''dipentic'', ''antidipentic'', ''antidimanic'', and ''dimanic'', respectively. These were changed to their current names as, at the time, the 5-note mosses required an octave period, so these names falsely suggested that their equivalence interval was a double-octave, or 4/1. Although the names for mosses in the extended named range (fewer than 6 notes) can apply to mosses with non-octave equivalence intervals, the current names were given for completeness. This reconsideration also warranted renaming the related mosses of 4L 2s, 2L 6s, and 2L 4s.

==== Monolarge mosses ====

Monolarge mosses were originally left unnamed due to the tuning ranges for these mosses being so large that they were unhelpful with knowing how they sound. This position was later amended as it's useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, and especially in such contexts, a specific tuning will likely be specified.

====Armotonic (7L 2s)====

Originally, the name ''superdiatonic'' was used for 7L 2s, under the assumption that it was given by Armodue theorists, but this turned out to be a misattribution. Despite this, the name ''superdiatonic'' has seen some precedent of use on the wiki to refer to an octave-equivalent 7L 2s pattern, although it has had earlier use to refer to the expansion of a smaller mos to a larger one:

* From the page [[altered pentad]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to meantone[12], corresponding to 7L 5s:

<blockquote>''One drawback of meantone[12] (the so-called '''superdiatonic''' scale) is that it has only two each of the ordinary (5:6:7:8:9) [[otonal]] and [[utonal]] pentads, just as it has only two of each 7-limit [[tetrad]].''</blockquote>

* From the page [[mohajira]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to mohajira[10], corresponding to 7L 3s.

* From the page [[Composing Powerstart]], where ''superdiatonic'' is used to refer to porcupine[8], corresponding to 7L 1s:

<blockquote>''For starters, you might want to mess around with what's called "[[porcupine]]" temperament in [[22edo|22-EDO]]. The base diatonic-sized scale is (as steps out of 22-EDO) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3, and you can chromatically alter anything in that scale you want by 1 step out of 22. For instance, if you flat the 7, you get the scale 4 3 3 3 3 2 4, which is nice because it has a 4:5:6:7:9:11 chord in it. There's another "'''superdiatonic'''" scale at 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 which you can morph the above into if you want, and a 15-note chromatic scale at 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2; feel free to not stick dogmatically to these exact scales but to change them as you desire.''</blockquote>What 7L 2s and 5L 2s ''do'' share in common is 7L 2s has two extra large steps compared to 5L 2s, and can be generalized to mosses of the form (5+2''k'')L 2s, with increasingly ''flat'' fifth-like intervals for their generators.

Due to these concerns, the name ''armotonic'' is normally advised over ''superdiatonic'' as the former is unambiguous as to what it refers to, and the name ''superdiatonic'' is only allowed in situations where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.

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 ===General reasonings===
+The following reasonings cover most TAMNAMS names and should be considered the minimum criteria for naming mosses.
 ==== Established names ====
-Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion, or are given names that reference them. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', ''armotonic'' (in reference to Armodue theory), ''checkertonic'', and ''diatonic.''
+Notable non-temperament names are incorporated into TAMNAMS if they do not cause confusion, or are given names that reference notable things. Such names include ''mosh'' (from Graham Breed's naming scheme), ''tcheretonic'' (in reference to Alexander Tcherepnin's 9-note scale), ''oneirotonic'', ''balzano'', ''armotonic'' (in reference to Armodue theory), ''checkertonic'', and ''diatonic.''
 ==== Names that describe an interval quality ====
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 ==== Temperament-based names ====
-Temperament-based names should be used as a last resort, and such names should be abstracted from the original temperaments. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; these reference notable temperaments of porcupine, triforce, pajara (along with diaschismic and injera), echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.
+Temperament-based names should be used as a last resort, unless if the temperament in question is exceptionally notable. Most of these names are abstractions of their original temperament names insofar that they still refer to a temperament, as some of these names have additional reasonings. Such names include ''pine'', ''hyrulic'', ''jaric'', ''ekic'' and ''lemon''; these reference the temperaments of porcupine, triforce, pajara (along with diaschismic and injera), echidnoid, and lemba, respectively.
 Temperament-based names ending in the prefix ''-oid'' refer to [[Exotemperament|exotemperaments]] (low-accuracy temperametns) whose tuning ranges, when including extreme tunings, cover the entirety of their corresponding mosses. Therefore, edos with simple step ratios for that mos will correspond to valid tunings for that temperament (if not by patent val, then with a small number of warts). Such names include ''machinoid'', ''dicoid'', and ''sephiroid'', in reference to ''machine'', ''dichotic/dicot'', and ''sephiroth'' temperaments, respectively; for more information, see their specific reasonings under <section>.
-=== Reasonings for multiperiod mosses ===
-Mosses of the form ''n''L ''n''s are given names based on a Greek numeral prefix added to the base name ''wood'', in reference to the temperaments [[blackwood]] and [[whitewood]]. These mosses are special in that all mosses with the same number of periods ''n'' can be traced back to an ''n''L ''n''s mos, representing a mos consisting of only its generators and periods. This also means that, coincidentally, all mosses with ''n'' periods form a binary ''tree'' whose root is ''n''L ''n''s, lending credence to the wood-based name.
-Multiperiod mosses other than ''n''L ''n''s were originally given composite names that were based on the the repetition of a smaller step pattern.
-Multiperiod mosses are given unique names that are not reliant on duplicating the name of a mos from the expanded named range, namely ''manual'', ''pedal'', ''pentic'', and ''antipentic''.
-???
-(Original text)
-Similarly, the inclusion of mosses of the form 1L ns using the "anti-" prefix (or an- for less-than-six-note mosses) was also for a practical consideration; although the tuning range is very unhelpful for knowing what such a mos will sound, it is nonetheless useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, especially given that in such situations the tuning will likely be specified somewhere already. Jaric and taric specifically were chosen over bipedal and bimanual because of this, and to a lesser extent, lemon and lime were chosen over antibipentic and bipentic respectively (and for consistency with that their parent MOSS, 4L2s, is named citric).
 === Relationship-based reasonings ===
 Reasonings that do not fall under any of the general reasonings are likely to have a relationship-based reasoning, where groups of mosses related by sisterhood or parenthood are given names based on a common theme.
-====Monolarge mosses====
+====Monolarge mosses (if no other gemstone names are adopted)====
-[[Step-generated scale|Monolarge]] mosses (mosses of the form 1L ''n''s) were originally left unnamed due to the tuning ranges for these mosses being so large that they were unhelpful with knowing how they sound. This position was changed as of August 2022, and names have been given since it's useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, and especially in such contexts, a specific tuning will likely be specified.
+[[Step-generated scale|Monolarge]] mosses (mosses of the form 1L ''n''s) are given names based on their sister mos (''n''L 1s), with the ''anti-'' prefix added. The exception to this is 1L 6s, given the name ''onyx'' for the following reasonings:<blockquote>"1Ln-ic's" and "nL1-ic's (like, the -ic suffix applied to MOSS names, collectivised for 1Lns and nL1s) sounds like "one-el-en-ics" or "en-el-one-ics" which abbreviated sort of sounds like "one-ics" => "onyx". Then "onyx" sounds sort of like "one-six". Furthermore the onyx mineral comes in many colours and types, which seems fitting given this is the parent scale for a wide variety of MOSSes; specifically of interest being 7L 1s (pine), 8L 1s (subneutralic) and 9L 1s (sinatonic). Finally, the name "onyx" is also supposed to be vaguely reminiscent of "anti-archaeotonic" as "chi" (the greek letter) is written like an "x" (this is related to why "christmas" is abbreviated sometimes as "X-mas") and other than that, the letters "o" and "n" and their sounds are also present in "archaeotonic", and "x" is vaguely reminiscent of negation and multiplication. There is also something like a "y" sound in "archaeotonic" in the "aeo" part (depending partially on your pronounciation).</blockquote>
-Originally, ''onyx'' (1L 6s) was the only unique name, not based on affixing the anti- prefix to the name of its sister mos (6L 1s, ''archeotonic''). The original reasoning is given verbatim:<blockquote>"1Ln-ic's" and "nL1-ic's (like, the -ic suffix applied to MOSS names, collectivised for 1Lns and nL1s) sounds like "one-el-en-ics" or "en-el-one-ics" which abbreviated sort of sounds like "one-ics" => "onyx". Then "onyx" sounds sort of like "one-six". Furthermore the onyx mineral comes in many colours and types, which seems fitting given this is the parent scale for a wide variety of MOSSes; specifically of interest being 7L 1s (pine), 8L 1s (subneutralic) and 9L 1s (sinatonic). Finally, the name "onyx" is also supposed to be vaguely reminiscent of "anti-archaeotonic" as "chi" (the greek letter) is written like an "x" (this is related to why "christmas" is abbreviated sometimes as "X-mas") and other than that, the letters "o" and "n" and their sounds are also present in "archaeotonic", and "x" is vaguely reminiscent of negation and multiplication. There is also something like a "y" sound in "archaeotonic" in the "aeo" part (depending partially on your pronounciation).</blockquote>Names for all monolarge mosses within the named range (6-10 steps) were given unique names following in the spirit of ''onyx'':
+==== Monolarge mosses (if all gemstone names are adopted) ====
+Names for all monolarge mosses within the named range (6-10 steps) were given unique names following in the spirit of ''onyx'':
 *1L 5s is named ''selenite'', as the mineral called selenite is named after the moon. 1L 6s is supported by luna temperament, thus indirectly referencing it.
 *1L 7s is named ''spinel'', as it contains the substring ''pine'', in reference to its sister mos of 7L 1s (pine).
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 The names for 2L 4s and 4L 2s come from Latin ''malus'' and ''citrus'', meaning 'apple' and 'citrus', respectively. Apples have concave ends, whereas lemons and limes – both types of citrus fruits – have convex ends. Both are ubiquitous foods, justifying their use for these fairly small mosses.
-Additionally, "citric" is the parent mos of 6L 4s and 4L 6s, named after the citrus fruits "lemon" and "lime", respectively, under the reasoning that lemons are larger than limes, as are the step sizes of 6L 4s compared to that of 4L 6s.
+Additionally, the name ''citric'' is given to 4L 2s, as it is the parent mos of 6L 4s and 4L 6s, named after the citrus fruits ''lemon'' and ''lime'', respectively, under the reasoning that lemons are larger than limes, as are the step sizes of 6L 4s compared to that of 4L 6s.
 ====Subaric (2L 6s), jaric (2L 8s), and taric (8L 2s)====
-The name "jaric" alludes to a few highly notable temperaments that exist in the tuning range of this mos. Specifically, the letters and pronunciation of "jaric" are meant to invoke that of [[pajara|pa'''jar'''a]], [[diaschismic|diaschism'''ic''']] and [[injera|in'''jer'''a]]. These temperaments, except for diaschismic, have generally inaccurate tunings.
+The name ''jaric'' alludes to a few highly notable temperaments that exist in the tuning range of this mos, which is alluded to through the spelling and pronunciation of '''jaric''': [[Pajara|pa'''jar'''a]], [[Injera|in'''jer'''a]], and [[Diaschismic|diaschism'''ic''']]. These temperaments, except for diaschismic, have generally inaccurate tunings.
+The name ''taric'' was named based on it being the only named-range mos with a basic tuning (L:s = 2:1) of [[18edo]] and, as it and 2L 8s share the same parent of 2L 6s, was made to rhyme with jaric.
+The name ''subaric'' alludes to the fact that 2L 6s is the largest proper '''sub'''set mos of both j'''aric''' (2L 8s) and t'''aric''' (8L 2s).
+=== Reasonings for multiperiod mosses ===
+Mosses of the form ''n''L ''n''s are given names based on a Greek numeral prefix added to the base name ''wood'', in reference to the temperaments [[blackwood]] and [[whitewood]]. These mosses are special in that all mosses with the same number of periods ''n'' can be traced back to an ''n''L ''n''s mos, representing a mos consisting of only its generators and periods. In other words, these mosses are a 1L 1s pattern repeated ''n'' times in one octave.
-The name "taric" was named based on it being the only named-range mos with a basic tuning (L:s = 2:1) of [[18edo]] and, as it and 2L 8s share the same parent of 2L 6s, was made to rhyme with jaric.
+This also means that, coincidentally, all mosses with ''n'' periods form a binary ''tree'' whose root is ''n''L ''n''s, lending credence to the wood-based name.
+The names for all other multiperiod mosses, ''nx''L ''ny''s, follow the reasonings as stated in the previous section.
-The name "subaric" alludes to the fact that 2L 6s is the largest proper '''sub'''set mos of both j'''aric''' (2L 8s) and t'''aric''' (8L 2s).
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+Relationship between 2-period mosses
+|+Relationship between two-period mosses
 !Pattern
 !Name
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 |-
 | rowspan="5" |''2L 2s''
-| rowspan="5" |''biwood (provided for reference)''
+| rowspan="5" |biwood
+''(provided for reference)''
 | rowspan="2" |4L 2s
 | rowspan="2" |citric
+''(formerly lemon)''
 |4L 6s
 |lime
+''(formerly dipentic)''
 |
 |
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 |6L 4s
 |lemon
+''(formerly antidipentic)''
 |
 |
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 | rowspan="3" |2L 4s
 | rowspan="3" |malic
+''(formerly antilemon)''
 |6L 2s
 |ekic
+''(formerly echidnoid)''
 |
 |
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 | rowspan="2" |2L 6s
 | rowspan="2" |subaric
+''(formerly antiechidnoid)''
 |8L 2s
 |taric
+''(formerly antidimanic)''
 |-
 |2L 8s
 |jaric
+''(formerly dimanic)''
 |}
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 This temperament is supported by {{Optimal ET sequence| 7, 10 and 17 }} equal divisions, with non-patent val tunings including (but not limited to) 7+7=14cd, 10+10=20e, 17+7=24cd, and 17+10=27ce.
-====Armotonic (7L 2s)====
-The name ''armotonic'' is in reference to [[Armodue theory]], as it applies to the 7L 2s scale in 16edo.
-Originally, the name ''superdiatonic'' was used for 7L 2s, under the assumption that it was given by Armodue theorists, but this turned out to be a misattribution. Despite this, the name ''superdiatonic'' has seen some precedent of use on the wiki to refer to an octave-equivalent 7L 2s pattern, although it has had earlier use to refer to the expansion of a smaller mos to a larger one:
-* From the page [[altered pentad]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to meantone[12], corresponding to 7L 5s:
-<blockquote>''One drawback of meantone[12] (the so-called '''superdiatonic''' scale) is that it has only two each of the ordinary (5:6:7:8:9) [[otonal]] and [[utonal]] pentads, just as it has only two of each 7-limit [[tetrad]].''</blockquote>
-* From the page [[mohajira]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to mohajira[10], corresponding to 7L 3s.
-* From the page [[Composing Powerstart]], where ''superdiatonic'' is used to refer to porcupine[8], corresponding to 7L 1s:
-<blockquote>''For starters, you might want to mess around with what's called "[[porcupine]]" temperament in [[22edo|22-EDO]]. The base diatonic-sized scale is (as steps out of 22-EDO) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3, and you can chromatically alter anything in that scale you want by 1 step out of 22. For instance, if you flat the 7, you get the scale 4 3 3 3 3 2 4, which is nice because it has a 4:5:6:7:9:11 chord in it. There's another "'''superdiatonic'''" scale at 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 which you can morph the above into if you want, and a 15-note chromatic scale at 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2; feel free to not stick dogmatically to these exact scales but to change them as you desire.''</blockquote>What 7L 2s and 5L 2s ''do'' share in common is 7L 2s has two extra large steps compared to 5L 2s, and can be generalized to mosses of the form (5+2''k'')L 2s, with increasingly ''flat'' fifth-like intervals for their generators.
-Due to these concerns, the name ''armotonic'' is normally advised over ''superdiatonic'' as the former is unambiguous as to what it refers to, and the name ''superdiatonic'' is only allowed in situations where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.
 ====On the term ''diatonic''====
 In TAMNAMS, ''diatonic'' exclusively refers to 5L 2s. This is because while the term ''diatonic'' has accrued a variety of exact meanings over time, both within and outside the contexts of xenharmonic music theory, it has a clear choice of referent when talking about MOS scales: 5L 2s with an octave or tempered-octave period.
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 |[[6L 2s]]||echinoid
 |ekic (current)
-|August 2022 || Former name altered.
+|August 2022 || Referenced temperament (echidnoid) was not suitable as an exotemperament. Name abstracted.
 |-
 |[[7L 1s]]
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 |August 2022
 |}
+==== Temperament-based names ====
+==== Two-period mosses ====
+Originally, the names for the 10-note multiperiod mosses of 4L 6s, 6L 4s, 2L 8s, and 8L 2s had names based on the duplication of a 5-note mos and were called ''dipentic'', ''antidipentic'', ''antidimanic'', and ''dimanic'', respectively. These were changed to their current names as, at the time, the 5-note mosses required an octave period, so these names falsely suggested that their equivalence interval was a double-octave, or 4/1. Although the names for mosses in the extended named range (fewer than 6 notes) can apply to mosses with non-octave equivalence intervals, the current names were given for completeness. This reconsideration also warranted renaming the related mosses of 4L 2s, 2L 6s, and 2L 4s.
+==== Monolarge mosses ====
+Monolarge mosses were originally left unnamed due to the tuning ranges for these mosses being so large that they were unhelpful with knowing how they sound. This position was later amended as it's useful for describing structure in situations where one does not want to use the mathematical name, and especially in such contexts, a specific tuning will likely be specified.
+====Armotonic (7L 2s)====
+Originally, the name ''superdiatonic'' was used for 7L 2s, under the assumption that it was given by Armodue theorists, but this turned out to be a misattribution. Despite this, the name ''superdiatonic'' has seen some precedent of use on the wiki to refer to an octave-equivalent 7L 2s pattern, although it has had earlier use to refer to the expansion of a smaller mos to a larger one:
+* From the page [[altered pentad]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to meantone[12], corresponding to 7L 5s:
+<blockquote>''One drawback of meantone[12] (the so-called '''superdiatonic''' scale) is that it has only two each of the ordinary (5:6:7:8:9) [[otonal]] and [[utonal]] pentads, just as it has only two of each 7-limit [[tetrad]].''</blockquote>
+* From the page [[mohajira]], where ''superdiatonic'' refers to mohajira[10], corresponding to 7L 3s.
+* From the page [[Composing Powerstart]], where ''superdiatonic'' is used to refer to porcupine[8], corresponding to 7L 1s:
+<blockquote>''For starters, you might want to mess around with what's called "[[porcupine]]" temperament in [[22edo|22-EDO]]. The base diatonic-sized scale is (as steps out of 22-EDO) 4 3 3 3 3 3 3, and you can chromatically alter anything in that scale you want by 1 step out of 22. For instance, if you flat the 7, you get the scale 4 3 3 3 3 2 4, which is nice because it has a 4:5:6:7:9:11 chord in it. There's another "'''superdiatonic'''" scale at 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 which you can morph the above into if you want, and a 15-note chromatic scale at 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2; feel free to not stick dogmatically to these exact scales but to change them as you desire.''</blockquote>What 7L 2s and 5L 2s ''do'' share in common is 7L 2s has two extra large steps compared to 5L 2s, and can be generalized to mosses of the form (5+2''k'')L 2s, with increasingly ''flat'' fifth-like intervals for their generators.
+Due to these concerns, the name ''armotonic'' is normally advised over ''superdiatonic'' as the former is unambiguous as to what it refers to, and the name ''superdiatonic'' is only allowed in situations where it's truly unambiguous if the writer prefers it.