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While [[tempering out]] the absinthma implies [[11/8]] falls exactly halfway between [[4/3]] and [[10/7]], tempering out the guerrisma implies it falls halfway between [[4/3]] and [[7/5]]. It is also extremely close to [[81/80]], exceeding it only by a lehmerisma ([[3025/3024]]).
While [[tempering out]] the absinthma implies [[11/8]] falls exactly halfway between [[4/3]] and [[10/7]], tempering out the guerrisma implies it falls halfway between [[4/3]] and [[7/5]]. It is also extremely close to [[81/80]], exceeding it only by a lehmerisma ([[3025/3024]]).


It is tempered out in such notable [[edo]]s as {{EDOs| 22, 31 and 53 }}, as well as the still fairly significant 26 and 29, as well as in a whole panoply of rank-2 temperaments.
It is tempered out in such notable [[edo]]s as {{EDOs| 22, 31 and 53 }}, as well as the still fairly significant {{EDOs|26 and 29}}, as well as in a whole panoply of rank-2 temperaments.


The name of this comma is derived from ''guerre'', French for ''war'', after the ratio of 1815/1792. 1792-1815 was a period of many wars involving France, including both the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
The name of this comma is derived from ''guerre'', French for ''war'', after the ratio of 1815/1792. 1792-1815 was a period of many wars involving France, including both the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.