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The '''dimcomp comma''' is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 7.4 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of four quasi-tempered minor thirds ([[25/21]]) exceeds an octave.

The '''dimcomp comma''' is a [[7-limit]] [[~~small~~ comma]] measuring about 7.4 ~~cents~~. It is the amount by which a stack of four quasi-tempered minor thirds ([[25/21]]) exceeds an octave.

== Temperaments ==

Tempering out this comma in the 7-limit leads to the [[dimcomp]] temperament, with the effect of splitting the octave into four equal parts, and edos that are not multiples of 4 cannot be tempering it out. Rank-2 temperaments tempering it out include [[diminished]], [[compton]], [[bidia]], [[quadritikleismic]], [[octoid]], etc.

Tempering out this comma in the 7-limit leads to the [[dimcomp]] temperament, with the effect of splitting the octave into four equal parts, and edos that are not multiples of 4 cannot be tempering it out. Rank-2 temperaments tempering it out include [[diminished (temperament)|diminished]], [[compton]], [[bidia]], [[quadritikleismic]], [[octoid]], etc.

~~See [[dimcomp family]] for a number of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out~~.

== See ~~also ==~~

See [[Dimcomp family]] for a number of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out.

* [[~~Small comma~~]]

[[Category:Dimcomp]]

[[Category:Commas named by combining multiple temperament names]]

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+The '''dimcomp comma''' is a [[small comma|small]] [[7-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 7.4 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of four quasi-tempered minor thirds ([[25/21]]) exceeds an octave.
-The '''dimcomp comma''' is a [[7-limit]] [[small comma]] measuring about 7.4 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of four quasi-tempered minor thirds ([[25/21]]) exceeds an octave.
 == Temperaments ==
-Tempering out this comma in the 7-limit leads to the [[dimcomp]] temperament, with the effect of splitting the octave into four equal parts, and edos that are not multiples of 4 cannot be tempering it out. Rank-2 temperaments tempering it out include [[diminished]], [[compton]], [[bidia]], [[quadritikleismic]], [[octoid]], etc.
+Tempering out this comma in the 7-limit leads to the [[dimcomp]] temperament, with the effect of splitting the octave into four equal parts, and edos that are not multiples of 4 cannot be tempering it out. Rank-2 temperaments tempering it out include [[diminished (temperament)|diminished]], [[compton]], [[bidia]], [[quadritikleismic]], [[octoid]], etc.
-See [[dimcomp family]] for a number of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out.
-== See also ==
+See [[Dimcomp family]] for a number of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out.
-* [[Small comma]]
 [[Category:Dimcomp]]
 [[Category:Commas named by combining multiple temperament names]]