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| ! Unit Name (Symbol): | | ! Unit Name (Symbol): |
| ! Divisions of Octave | | ! Divisions of Octave |
| ! Prime Factors
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| ! Origin / Significance
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| | [[Eka]] | | | [[Eka]] |
| | [[16edo|16]] | | | [[16edo|16]] |
| | 2<sup>4</sup>
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| | From Sanskrit ''eka'': one, unit; chromatic unit of Armodue 16edo Theory<ref>[http://www.armodue.com/risorse.htm Armodue: le risorse di un nuovo sistema musicale]</ref>.
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| | [[Normal diesis]] | | | [[Normal diesis]] |
| | [[31edo|31]] | | | [[31edo|31]] |
| | 31 (prime)
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| | See the dedicated page.
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| | [[Méride]] | | | [[Méride]] |
| | [[43edo|43]] | | | [[43edo|43]] |
| | 43 (prime)
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| | Proposed by [[Joseph Sauveur]], as 7 heptaméride units<ref name="measure">[http://www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/measures.html Stichting Huygens-Fokker: Logarithmic Interval Measures]</ref><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/m/meride.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Méride / 43-ed2 / 43-edo / 43-ET / 43-tone equal-temperament'']</ref>.
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| | [[Holdrian comma]] | | | [[Holdrian comma]] |
| | [[53edo|53]] | | | [[53edo|53]] |
| | 53 (prime)
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| | See the dedicated page.
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| | [[Holdrian comma|Mercator’s old comma]] | | | [[Holdrian comma|Mercator’s old comma]] |
| | [[55edo|55]] | | | [[55edo|55]] |
| | 5 x 11
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| | Not to be confused with [[Mercator's comma]].
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| | [[Decitone]] | | | [[Decitone]] |
| | [[60edo|60]] | | | [[60edo|60]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3 × 5
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| | [[Morion]] | | | [[Morion]] |
| | [[72edo|72]] | | | [[72edo|72]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup>
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| | See the dedicated page.
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| | [[Farab]] | | | [[Farab]] |
| | [[144edo|144]] | | | [[144edo|144]] |
| | 2<sup>4</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup>
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| | 1/12 of [[12edo]] semitone; Proposed by [[al-Farabi]] in 10th century<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/f/farab.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Farab''].</ref>.
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| | [[Mem]] | | | [[Mem]] |
| | [[205edo|205]] | | | [[205edo|205]] |
| | 5 × 41
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| | Unit used by H-Pi Instruments<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-Pi Instruments | Hunt Theoretical System]</ref><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/m/mem.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Mem, 205-edo'']</ref>.
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| | [[Tredek]] | | | [[Tredek]] |
| | [[270edo|270]] | | | [[270edo|270]] |
| | 2 × 3<sup>3</sup> × 5
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| | Proposed by [[Joseph Monzo]] (2013)<ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/t/tredek.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Tredek, 270-edo'']</ref>.
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| | [[Savart]]* | | | [[Savart]]* |
| | [[300edo|300]] | | | [[300edo|300]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3 × 5<sup>2</sup>
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| | [[Alexander Wood]]'s definition of the Savart<ref>''[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NWZ8CgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT50&vq=savart&pg=PT51 The Physics of Music]'', Alexander Wood, 1944.</ref>, containing [[12edo]].
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| | [[Heptaméride]] / [[eptaméride]] / [[savart]]* | | | [[Heptaméride]] / [[eptaméride]] / [[savart]]* |
| | [[301edo|301]] | | | [[301edo|301]] |
| | 7 × 43
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| | 301 ≃ 1,000 × log<sub>10</sub>2; 1/7 of Méride unit; proposed by Joseph Sauveur (1701), advocated by [[Félix Savart]]<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/h/heptameride.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Heptaméride'']</ref>.
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| | [[Gene]] | | | [[Gene]] |
| | [[311edo|311]] | | | [[311edo|311]] |
| | 311 (prime)
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| | Proposed by Joseph Monzo (2007)<ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/g/gene.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Gene, 311-edo'']</ref>.
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| | [[Dröbisch Angle]] | | | [[Dröbisch Angle]] |
| | [[360edo|360]] | | | [[360edo|360]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 5
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| | Proposed as ''angle'' by [[Moritz Dröbisch]] in the 19th century, later by [[Andrew Pikler]] as the current name in ''Logarithmic Frequency Systems'' (1966)<ref name="measure"/>.
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| | [[Squb]] | | | [[Squb]] |
| | [[494edo|494]] | | | [[494edo|494]] |
| | 2 × 13 × 19
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Great [[iring]] / [[centitone]] | | | Great [[iring]] / [[centitone]] |
| | [[500edo|500]] | | | [[500edo|500]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 5<sup>3</sup>
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Dexl | | | Dexl |
| | [[540edo|540]] | | | [[540edo|540]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3<sup>3</sup> × 5
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| | Proposed by Joseph Monzo (2023)<ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/d/dexl.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Dexl, 540-edo'']</ref>.
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| | [[Iring]] / [[centitone]] | | | [[Iring]] / [[centitone]] |
| | [[600edo|600]] | | | [[600edo|600]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 3 × 5<sup>2</sup>
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| | [[Relative cent]] of [[6edo]] ([[12edo]] tone); Proposed by [[Widogast Iring]] (1898), later by [[Joseph Yasser]] as a "centitone" (1932)<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/c/centitone.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Centitone, iring'']</ref>.
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| | [[Skisma]] (Sk) | | | [[Skisma]] (Sk) |
| | [[612edo|612]] | | | [[612edo|612]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 17
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| | Edo representation of [[Sagittal notation|Sagittal]]'s Ultra (Herculean) precision level JI notation (58eda), where it is known as an "ultrina"<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/s/sk.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Sk, 612-edo'']</ref>.
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| | [[Delfi]] | | | [[Delfi]] |
| | [[665edo|665]] | | | [[665edo|665]] |
| | 5 × 7 × 19
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| | <ref name="measure"/>
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| | Small [[iring]] / [[centitone]] | | | Small [[iring]] / [[centitone]] |
| | [[700edo|700]] | | | [[700edo|700]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup> x 7
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | [[Woolhouse]] | | | [[Woolhouse]] |
| | [[730edo|730]] | | | [[730edo|730]] |
| | 2 × 5 × 73
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| | Proposed by [[Wesley S.B. Woolhouse]] (1835)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/essayonmusicali00woolgoog/page/n34/mode/2up ''Essay on musical intervals, harmonics, and the temperament of the musical scale, &c''], Wesley S.B. Woolhouse. </ref>.
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| | [[Millioctave]] (moct) | | | [[Millioctave]] (moct) |
| | [[1000edo|1000]] | | | [[1000edo|1000]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 5<sup>3</sup>
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| | See the dedicated page.
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| | [[Cent]] (¢) | | | [[Cent]] (¢) |
| | 1200 | | | 1200 |
| | 2<sup>4</sup> × 3 × 5<sup>2</sup>
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| | See the dedicated page.
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| | Greater muon | | | Greater muon |
| | [[1224edo|1224]] | | | [[1224edo|1224]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 17
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Triangular cent | | | Triangular cent |
| | [[1260edo|1260]] | | | [[1260edo|1260]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 5 × 7
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Pion | | | Pion |
| | [[1272edo|1272]] | | | [[1272edo|1272]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 3 × 53
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Pound | | | Pound |
| | [[1344edo|1344]] | | | [[1344edo|1344]] |
| | 2<sup>6</sup> × 3 × 7
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Neutron | | | Neutron |
| | [[1392edo|1392]] | | | [[1392edo|1392]] |
| | 2<sup>4</sup> × 3 × 29
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Lesser muon | | | Lesser muon |
| | [[1428edo|1428]] | | | [[1428edo|1428]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3 × 7 × 17
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Decifarab | | | Decifarab |
| | [[1440edo|1440]] | | | [[1440edo|1440]] |
| | 2<sup>5</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 5
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| | 1/10 of [[Farab]] unit<ref name="measure"/>.
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| | Quadratic cent | | | Quadratic cent |
| | [[1452edo|1452]] | | | [[1452edo|1452]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3 × 11<sup>2</sup>
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Ksion | | | Ksion |
| | [[1476edo|1476]] | | | [[1476edo|1476]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 41
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Cubic cent | | | Cubic cent |
| | [[1500edo|1500]] | | | [[1500edo|1500]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3 × 5<sup>3</sup>
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Heptamu (7mu) | | | Heptamu (7mu) |
| | [[1536edo|1536]] | | | [[1536edo|1536]] |
| | 2<sup>9</sup> × 3
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| | Seventh MIDI-resolution unit, 1/128 (1/(2<sup>7</sup>)) of [[12edo]] semitone<ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/number/7mu.aspx Tonalsoft | ''7mu / heptamu'']</ref>
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| | Rhoon | | | Rhoon |
| | [[1560edo|1560]] | | | [[1560edo|1560]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 3 × 5 × 13
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | śata | | | śata |
| | [[1600edo|1600]] | | | [[1600edo|1600]] |
| | 2<sup>6</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup>
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| | From Sanskrit ''śatam'': hundred; [[Relative cent]] of Armodue 16edo Theory{{Citation needed}}
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| | Tile | | | Tile |
| | [[1632edo|1632]] | | | [[1632edo|1632]] |
| | 2<sup>5</sup> × 3 × 17
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | [[Iota]] | | | [[Iota]] |
| | [[1700edo|1700]] | | | [[1700edo|1700]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup> × 17
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| | [[Relative cent]] of [[17edo]]; proposed by [[Margo Schulter]] (2002) and [[George Secor]]<ref name="measure"/>.
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| | [[Harmos]] | | | [[Harmos]] |
| | [[1728edo|1728]] | | | [[1728edo|1728]] |
| | 2<sup>6</sup> × 3<sup>3</sup>
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| | 1728 = 12<sup>3</sup>; 1/144 of [[12edo]] semitone; Proposed by [[Paul Beaver]]<ref name="measure"/><ref name="equal">[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/e/equal-temperament.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Equal temperaments'']</ref>.
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| | Hind śat / Indian cent | | | Hind śat / Indian cent |
| | 2200 | | | 2200 |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 11 × 5<sup>2</sup>
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | [[Mina]] | | | [[Mina]] |
| | [[2460edo|2460]] | | | [[2460edo|2460]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3 × 5 × 41
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| | Abbreviation of "schismina", edo representation of [[Sagittal notation|Sagittal]]'s Extreme (Olympian) precision level JI notation (233eda)<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/m/mina.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Mina'']</ref>.
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| | Centidiesis | | | Centidiesis |
| | 3100 | | | 3100 |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup> x 31
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | Centiméride | | | Centiméride |
| | 4300 | | | 4300 |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup> x 43
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| | {{Citation needed}}
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| | [[Major tina]] | | | [[Major tina]] |
| | [[8269edo|8269]] | | | [[8269edo|8269]] |
| | 8269 (prime)
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| | Proposed by [[Flora Canou]] (2021)<ref>[https://forum.sagittal.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=515 The Sagittal Forum | ''Definition of the tina reviewed'']</ref>.
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| | [[Tina]] | | | [[Tina]] |
| | [[8539edo|8539]] | | | [[8539edo|8539]] |
| | 8539 (prime)
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| | Provides good approximations for 41-limit primes except 37; named by [[Dave Keenan]] and [[George Secor]]; edo representation of [[Sagittal notation|Sagittal]]'s Insane (Magrathean) precision level JI notation (809eda)<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/t/tina.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Tina'']</ref>.
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| | [[Purdal]] | | | [[Purdal]] |
| | [[9900edo|9900]] | | | [[9900edo|9900]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup> × 11
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| | [[Relative cent]] of [[99edo]]; Suggested by [[Osmiorisbendi]], advocated by [[Tútim Dennsuul Wafiil]]. See the dedicated page.
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| | [[Türk sent]] / [[Turkish cent]] | | | [[Türk sent]] / [[Turkish cent]] |
| | [[10600edo|10600]] | | | [[10600edo|10600]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 5<sup>2</sup> × 53
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| | [[Relative cent]] of [[106edo]], 1/200 of [[53edo]]; invented by [[M. Ekrem Karadeniz]] (1965), influenced by [[Abdülkadir Töre]]<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/t/turk-sent.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Türk-sent'']</ref><ref>[http://www.ozanyarman.com/files/doctorate_thesis.pdf ''79-Tone Tuning & Theory for Turkish Maqam Music''], Ozan Yarman. </ref>.
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| | [[Prima]] | | | [[Prima]] |
| | [[12276edo|12276]] | | | [[12276edo|12276]] |
| | 2<sup>2</sup> × 3<sup>2</sup> × 11 × 31
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| | Proposed by [[Erv Wilson]], [[Gene Ward Smith]] and [[Gavin Putland]]<ref name="measure"/>.
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| | [[Jinn]] | | | [[Jinn]] |
| | [[16808edo|16808]] | | | [[16808edo|16808]] |
| | 2<sup>3</sup> × 11 × 191
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| | See the dedicated page.
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| | [[Jot]] | | | [[Jot]] |
| | [[30103edo|30103]] | | | [[30103edo|30103]] |
| | 30103 (prime)
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| | 30103 ≃ 100,000 × log<sub>10</sub>2; Proposed by [[Augustus de Morgan]] (1864)<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/j/jot.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Jot'']</ref><ref name="equal"/>.
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| | [[Imp]] | | | [[Imp]] |
| | [[31920edo|31920]] | | | [[31920edo|31920]] |
| | 2<sup>4</sup> × 3 × 5 × 7 × 19
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| | <ref name="measure"/>
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| | [[Flu]] | | | [[Flu]] |
| | [[46032edo|46032]] | | | [[46032edo|46032]] |
| | 2<sup>4</sup> × 3 × 7 × 137
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| | Proposed by Gene Ward Smith (2005)<ref name="measure"/><ref>[http://tonalsoft.com/enc/f/flu.aspx Tonalsoft | ''Flu'']</ref>.
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| | [[Normal atom]] | | | [[Normal atom]] |
| | [[78005edo|78005]] | | | [[78005edo|78005]] |
| | 5 × 15601
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| | Name proposed by Tristan Bay in 2023; 78005edo consistently maps Kirnberger's atom to 1 edostep and is a very strong 5-limit system. {{Citation needed}}
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| | [[MIDI Tuning Standard unit]] (14mu) | | | [[MIDI Tuning Standard unit]] (14mu) |
| | [[196608edo|196608]] | | | [[196608edo|196608]] |
| | 2<sup>16</sup> × 3
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| | Fourteenth MIDI-resolution unit, 1/16384 (1/(2<sup>14</sup>)) of [[12edo]] semitone<ref name="measure"/>.
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