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* There is ''no fully symmetric chord'' (such as the diminished seventh chord in [[12edo|12-EDO]]) | * There is ''no fully symmetric chord'' (such as the diminished seventh chord in [[12edo|12-EDO]]) | ||
* Excepting the scale comprising all notes of the EDO, there is ''no absolutely uniform, octave-repeating scale'' (such as the whole tone scale in 12-EDO) | * Excepting the scale comprising all notes of the EDO, there is ''no absolutely uniform, octave-repeating scale'' (such as the whole tone scale in 12-EDO) | ||
* There are no [[Wikipedia: Modes of limited transposition|modes of limited | * There are no [[Wikipedia: Modes of limited transposition|modes of limited transposition]], such as used by the composer Olivier Messiaen | ||
* There is no support for rank-2 temperaments whose period is a fraction of the octave (all such temperaments are ''linear'' temperaments) | * There is no support for rank-2 temperaments whose period is a fraction of the octave (all such temperaments are ''linear'' temperaments) | ||
* Making a chain of any interval of the ''n''-EDO, one can reach every tone in ''n'' steps. (For composite EDOs, this works with intervals that are co-prime to ''n'', for example, 5 degrees of 12-EDO) | * Making a chain of any interval of the ''n''-EDO, one can reach every tone in ''n'' steps. (For composite EDOs, this works with intervals that are co-prime to ''n'', for example, 5 degrees of 12-EDO) | ||