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The '''ennealimma''', meaning ''nine limmas'', with [[monzo]] {{monzo| 1 -27 18 }}, is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 0.862 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of nine [[27/25|large limmas]] falls short of the [[octave]]. In terms of commas, it is also the difference between the [[enneadeca]] and the [[schisma]]. | The '''ennealimma''', meaning ''nine limmas'', with [[monzo]] {{monzo| 1 -27 18 }}, is an [[unnoticeable comma|unnoticeable]] [[5-limit]] [[comma]] measuring about 0.862 [[cent]]s. It is the amount by which a stack of nine [[27/25|large limmas]] falls short of the [[octave]]. In terms of commas, it is also the difference between the [[enneadeca]] and the [[schisma]], and in the [[7-limit]] between a stack of 4 [[ragisma]]<nowiki/>s and the [[breedsma]]. | ||
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The ennealimma, meaning nine limmas, with monzo [1 -27 18⟩, is an unnoticeable 5-limit comma measuring about 0.862 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of nine large limmas falls short of the octave. In terms of commas, it is also the difference between the enneadeca and the schisma, and in the 7-limit between a stack of 4 ragismas and the breedsma.
Temperament
Tempering out this comma leads to the 5-limit version of the ennealimmal temperament, which remarkably splits the octave into nine equal parts.
Etymology
The name consists of Greek ennea- ("nine") + limma, coined by Paul Erlich and Gene Ward Smith in 2001[1].