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== Tempered commas ==
== Tempered commas ==
86400edo seems to temper out the [[Kirnberger's atom]] directly since both the difference between 700 cents and 3/2, and the schisma are equal to 2 minutes 21 seconds. However, stacking 11 of the 2:21 interval times leads to 1551, while 12 times to 1692, each differing 3 steps from their assigned commas.
86400edo tempers out the [[Kirnberger's atom]], albeit inconsistently, in the 5-limit.