357/256

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Interval information
Ratio 357/256
Factorization 2-8 × 3 × 7 × 17
Monzo [-8 1 0 1 0 0 1
Size in cents 575.7363¢
Names merry tritone,
octave-reduced 357th harmonic
Color name 17oz5, sozo 5th
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d5}^{7,17} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 16.4798
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 16.9596
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 43
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The merry tritone, 357/256, is a close approximation to 12\25, hence the name. It is also a rather good approximation to 32/23 at about four cents (or 8211/8192) away.

While it is a fifth according to color notation, it is HC17, and so its status as a fourth or a fifth is ambiguous.