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==Centrality==

The ''eccentricity'' of a point x of a metric space (and therefore of a note of our scale) is its maximum distance from any other point in the space. The minimum eccentricity is the radius of the space, and the maximum eccentricity is the diameter. The center of the space is the set of points whose eccentricity equals the radius. This can be the whole space, and hence the whole scale, but more often it singles out some notes as of particular importance in the scale. For instance in John O'Sullivan's scale Blue, 1-15/14-9/8-6/5-5/4-4/3-7/5-3/2-8/5-5/3-9/5-15/8-2, {1, 6/5, 5/4, 3/2} is singled out as the center. A more refined measure than eccentricity is the ''distance degree'' of a point, which is the sum of the distances from that point to other points; we can use the minimum of this to define the distance degree center. In the case of Blue, that would be {1, 3/2}. Note that the importance of these notes is not derived from tuning considerations but purely from the structure of the scale.

The ''eccentricity'' of a point x of a metric space (and therefore of a note of our scale) is its maximum distance from any other point in the space. The minimum eccentricity is the radius of the space, and the maximum eccentricity is the diameter. The center of the space is the set of points whose eccentricity equals the radius. This can be the whole space, and hence the whole scale, but more often it singles out some notes as of particular importance in the scale. For instance in [[John O'Sullivan]]'s scale Blue, 1-15/14-9/8-6/5-5/4-4/3-7/5-3/2-8/5-5/3-9/5-15/8-2, {1, 6/5, 5/4, 3/2} is singled out as the center. A more refined measure than eccentricity is the ''distance degree'' of a point, which is the sum of the distances from that point to other points; we can use the minimum of this to define the distance degree center. In the case of Blue, that would be {1, 3/2}. Note that the importance of these notes is not derived from tuning considerations but purely from the structure of the scale.

==Roundness==

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 ==Centrality==
-The ''eccentricity'' of a point x of a metric space (and therefore of a note of our scale) is its maximum distance from any other point in the space. The minimum eccentricity is the radius of the space, and the maximum eccentricity is the diameter. The center of the space is the set of points whose eccentricity equals the radius. This can be the whole space, and hence the whole scale, but more often it singles out some notes as of particular importance in the scale. For instance in John O'Sullivan's scale Blue, 1-15/14-9/8-6/5-5/4-4/3-7/5-3/2-8/5-5/3-9/5-15/8-2, {1, 6/5, 5/4, 3/2} is singled out as the center. A more refined measure than eccentricity is the ''distance degree'' of a point, which is the sum of the distances from that point to other points; we can use the minimum of this to define the distance degree center. In the case of Blue, that would be {1, 3/2}. Note that the importance of these notes is not derived from tuning considerations but purely from the structure of the scale.
+The ''eccentricity'' of a point x of a metric space (and therefore of a note of our scale) is its maximum distance from any other point in the space. The minimum eccentricity is the radius of the space, and the maximum eccentricity is the diameter. The center of the space is the set of points whose eccentricity equals the radius. This can be the whole space, and hence the whole scale, but more often it singles out some notes as of particular importance in the scale. For instance in [[John O'Sullivan]]'s scale Blue, 1-15/14-9/8-6/5-5/4-4/3-7/5-3/2-8/5-5/3-9/5-15/8-2, {1, 6/5, 5/4, 3/2} is singled out as the center. A more refined measure than eccentricity is the ''distance degree'' of a point, which is the sum of the distances from that point to other points; we can use the minimum of this to define the distance degree center. In the case of Blue, that would be {1, 3/2}. Note that the importance of these notes is not derived from tuning considerations but purely from the structure of the scale.
 ==Roundness==