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Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.
Meaning: A variant of meantone in which the whole tone is flatter than in septimal meantone.
=== [[Kalismic temperaments #Gersemi|Gersemi]] ===
[[User:VIxen|VIxen]] named it after one of Odr's and Freya's daughters. In 11-limit, it tempers out one comma of [[Kalismic temperaments#Odin|odin]] (9801/9800) and one of [[Breed family#Freya|freya]] (41503/41472). There is also a word play on 'semi-' that hints at the split of the octave in half.


=== [[Chromatic pairs #Glacial|Glacial]] ===
=== [[Chromatic pairs #Glacial|Glacial]] ===
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=== [[Kleismic family #Quadritikleismic|Quadritikleismic]] ===
=== [[Kleismic family #Quadritikleismic|Quadritikleismic]] ===
Has a kleismic generator, so that (6/5)^6 = 3, and four periods per octave, therefore quadri-.
Has a kleismic generator, so that (6/5)^6 = 3, and four periods per octave, therefore quadri-.
=== [[Kalismic_temperaments #Rishi|Rishi]] ===
When [[User:VIxen|VIxen]] was proposing it, [[Diaschismic_family #Sruti|sruti]] was its only named rank-2 subtemperament. Rishis (sages) are believed to have created shruti texts.


=== [[Rodan]] ===
=== [[Rodan]] ===