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In [[regular temperament theory]], '''detempering''' is the process of taking a tempered pitch system and replacing each of its pitches with one or more [[JI]] pitches that the pitch represents (called a [[transversal]]). Specifically, a '''detempered scale''' or a '''detemperament''' has each pitch of a tempered scale (according to a fixed regular temperament) replaced with some set of JI interpretations of the pitch under the temperament map. If exactly one JI interpretation is used for each pitch, then the detempering is called a '''one-to-one detempering'''. Ideally the resultant JI pitch system will have a compact lattice.  
In [[regular temperament theory]], '''detempering''' is the process of taking a tempered pitch system and replacing each of its pitches with one or more [[JI]] pitches that the pitch represents (called a [[transversal]]). Specifically, a '''detempered scale''' or a '''detempering''' has each pitch of a tempered scale (according to a fixed regular temperament) replaced with some set of JI interpretations of the pitch under the temperament map. If exactly one JI interpretation is used for each pitch, then the detempering is called a '''one-to-one detempering'''. Ideally the resultant JI pitch system will have a compact lattice.  


A higher rank temperament is also called a detempering of a lower-rank temperament if the lower-rank temperament results from tempering out one or more commas in the higher-rank temperament. For example, meantone is a detempering of 12edo.
A higher rank temperament is also called a detempering of a lower-rank temperament if the lower-rank temperament results from tempering out one or more commas in the higher-rank temperament. For example, meantone is a detempering of 12edo.