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→Suggested changes for mos pattern names: Removed the problematic name suggestions, added new suggestions that are either portmanteaus or a shortened form of the original name.
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* Some names are too long (in my opinion).
* Some names are too long (in my opinion).


The choice of names are not perfect and some may have issues. This section is meant to start a discussion on alternate names.
The choice of names are not perfect and some may have issues. Some names have multiple suggestions. This section is meant to start a discussion on alternate names.
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Abbrev.
!Abbrev.
|-
|-
|1L 5s
| rowspan="2" |1L 5s
|antimachinoid
| rowspan="2" |antimachinoid
|amech-
| rowspan="2" |amech-
|amech
| rowspan="2" |amech
|selenic
|selenic
|sel-
|sel-
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|An indirect reference to [[luna]] temperament; "selene" is Greek for "moon". This drops the anti- prefix.
|An indirect reference to [[luna]] temperament; "selene" is Greek for "moon". This drops the anti- prefix.
|
|
|-
|anmechic or amechic
|unchanged
|unchanged
|Original name, but shortened and slightly modified, following the same reasoning for replacing "machinoid" with "mechatonic".
|Still references machine temperament.
|-
|-
|5L 1s
|5L 1s
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|pel-
|pel-
|pel
|pel
|pelic or pelotonic
|pelotonic
|unchagned
|unchagned
|unchagned
|unchagned
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|arm-
|arm-
|arm
|arm
|armic or armotonic
|armotonic
|unchagned
|unchagned
|unchagned
|unchagned
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| rowspan="2" |apine-
| rowspan="2" |apine-
| rowspan="2" |apine
| rowspan="2" |apine
|astelic, astelanic, or stelanic
|stelanic
|stel-
|stel-
|stel
|stel
|A reference to how [[1L 7s]] is "somewhat of a w'''astelan'''d as far as low-harmonic-entropy scales are concerned". This drops the anti- prefix.
|A reference to how [[1L 7s]] is "somewhat of a wa'''stelan'''d as far as low-harmonic-entropy scales are concerned". This drops the anti- prefix.
|"Astelic" is coincidentally the name of a YouTuber. The other names avoid this issue.
|
|-
|-
|conic
|alpine
|con-
|alp- or unchanged
|con
|alp or unchanged
|A pun on '''pine'''cones (porcu'''pine''' and '''pine'''cone). This drops the anti- prefix.
|Looks like "anpine" (a shortened form of "antipine", following the logic of the "an-" prefix), but accidentally corrected into "alpine".
|Pun.
|Pun.
|-
|-
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|minc
|minc
|A portmanteau of [[Miracle|'''mi'''racle]] and [[Negri|'''ne'''g'''r'''i]] temperaments. Shorter name. This drops the anti- prefix.
|A portmanteau of [[Miracle|'''mi'''racle]] and [[Negri|'''ne'''g'''r'''i]] temperaments. Shorter name. This drops the anti- prefix.
|
|References two different temperaments.
|-
|-
|8L 1s
|8L 1s
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|Coincidentally the name of a company.
|Coincidentally the name of a company.
|-
|-
|lupercalic
|parivalic
|luper-
|par-
|lup
|pariv
|In reference to Lupercalia, a Roman fertility festival observed on February 15th, compared to Valentine's day, which is February 14th.
|A portmanteau of [[Passion|'''pa'''ssion]], [[Ripple|'''ri'''pple]], and [[Valentine|'''val'''entine]]. Shorter name.
|How common is this knowledge?
|References three different temperaments.
|-
|-
|pydecic
|ansinaic
|pyde-
|unchanged
|pyd
|unchanged
|An indirect reference to "hap'''py dec'''atonic", a name from Graham Breed's naming system. This drops the anti- prefix
|Original name, but shortened.
|The "py" may falsely suggest a connection with Pythagorean tuning.
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |3L 7s
|3L 7s
| rowspan="2" |sephiroid
|sephiroid
| rowspan="2" |seph-
|seph-
| rowspan="2" |seph
|seph
|septonic
|septonic
| rowspan="2" |sept- or unchanged
|sept- or unchanged
| rowspan="2" |sept or unchanged
|sept or unchanged
|The reference to [[sephiroth]] is made even more indirect. As a bonus, "sept" (meaning seven) may also refer to the 7 small steps of the mos pattern.
|The reference to [[sephiroth]] is made even more indirect. As a bonus, "sept" (meaning seven) may also refer to the 7 small steps of the mos pattern.
|May falsely suggest the scale is 7 notes, when it's actually 10 notes.
|May falsely suggest the scale is 7 notes, when it's actually 10 notes.
|-
|terseptonic
|Like "septonic", but with "ter-" added (meaning 3) to reinforce the step pattern of 3L 7s.
|Somewhat more complicated than "sephiroid".
|-
|-
|7L 3s
|7L 3s
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