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I'm by no means an expert in Latin, but doesn't ''superparticular'' mean ''"above a part"'' or ''"the next after a part"''. The ''supering'' is done by 1 and not by 1/n as in ''"above (unity) by one part"''. -[[User:Frostburn|Frostburn]] ([[User talk:Frostburn|talk]]) 12:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC) | I'm by no means an expert in Latin, but doesn't ''superparticular'' mean ''"above a part"'' or ''"the next after a part"''. The ''supering'' is done by 1 and not by 1/n as in ''"above (unity) by one part"''. -[[User:Frostburn|Frostburn]] ([[User talk:Frostburn|talk]]) 12:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC) | ||
: Yes, the etymology is correct; I know because I'm the one who brought it to the wiki from the work by Thomas Taylor cited in the references. So I don't exactly understand the nature of your confusion, I'm afraid, but perhaps things will be clarified if you review the [[Superparticular ratio#Generalizations|Generalizations]] section of the page. The "part" ''is'' the 1, which is why a super''bi''particular is of the form (n+2)/n. Happy to try to explain further if it's still unclear, and also work to revise the page to avoid any ambiguity or implicitness. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin|talk]]) 15:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC) | : Yes, the etymology is correct; I know because I'm the one who brought it to the wiki from the work by Thomas Taylor cited in the references. So I don't exactly understand the nature of your confusion, I'm afraid, but perhaps things will be clarified if you review the [[Superparticular ratio#Generalizations|Generalizations]] section of the page. The "part" ''is'' the 1, which is why a super''bi''particular is of the form (n+2)/n. Happy to try to explain further if it's still unclear, and also work to revise the page to avoid any ambiguity or implicitness. I remember this was really confusing and unintuitive and surprising to me when Dave first tried to explain it to me. --[[User:Cmloegcmluin|Cmloegcmluin]] ([[User talk:Cmloegcmluin|talk]]) 15:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC) | ||