The Nexus is a collection of temperaments of different ranks, including subgroup temperaments, that all temper out the nexus comma- the unnoticeable comma with the ratio 1771561/1769472, and a monzo of [-16 -3 0 0 6. Among the known branches of this collection are Nexus, Binexus, Nexiquart, Nexal and Tribilo, with "Dinexus" and "Trinexus" as proposed names for other branches.

Nexus

The 11-limit parent comma for the Nexus family is the the nexus comma with a ratio of 1771561/1769472 and a monzo of [-16 -3 0 0 6. This is a rank-4 temperament in which the 5-limit and 7-limit parts are represented by independent generators.

Period: ~121/96 = 1\3

Optimal (POTE) generators: 950.9518, 386.2068, 968.6966

Comma list: 1771561/1769472

Mapping: [3 0 0 0 8], 0 2 0 0 1], 0 0 1 0 0], 0 0 0 1 0]]

Mapping generators: ~121/96, ~1331/768, ~5/1, ~7/1

Wedgie: <<<<6 0 0 3 -16]]]]

EDOs: 9, 15, 24, 39d, 48, 57, 63, 72, 159, 183, 198, 255, 270, 342, 612, 954, 1566

Badness: 0.588×10-6

Binexus

This temperament adds the schisma to the list of tempered out commas on account of the schisma being the unnoticeable comma adding the 5-limit to the mix. This is a rank-3 temperament.

Commas: 1771561/1769472, 32805/32768

POTE generators: ⟨400.0000, 950.8701, 3368.5689]

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EDOs: 24p, 135p, 159, 183, 207, 342, 525, 684, 867

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Nexiquart

This temperament can be seen as adding the quartisma to the list of tempered out commas on account of the quartisma being the unnoticeable comma adding the 7-limit to the mix. This is a rank-3 temperament.

Commas: 1771561/1769472, 117440512/117406179

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Nexal

This temperament can be seen as either adding the quartisma to Binexus, or adding the schisma to Nexiquart. Either way, you end up with a full 11-limit rank-2 temperament.

Commas: 1771561/1769472, 32805/32768, 117440512/117406179

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Tribilo

Tribilo is the pure Rank-2 2.3.11 temperament that tempers out the nexus comma- it's name comes from the nexus comma being referred to as the "tribilo comma" in color notation.

Commas: 1771561/1769472

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