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Prime factorization 109 (prime)
Step size 11.0092 ¢ 
Fifth 64\109 (704.587 ¢)
Semitones (A1:m2) 12:7 (132.1 ¢ : 77.06 ¢)
Consistency limit 7
Distinct consistency limit 7

Theory

109edo tempers out 20000/19683 in the 5-limit; 245/243, 2401/2400 and 65625/65536 in the 7-limit; 385/384, 1375/1372, and 4000/3993 in the 11-limit. It provides the optimal patent val for 7-limit octacot temperament, and 11 and 13 limit leapweek; plus 109ef provides an excellent tuning for 11- and 13-limit octacot.

109edo is a strong 2.5.7.11.19.23.31 subgroup tuning, with errors of less than 10% on all harmonics and an exceptionally small error of 0.16% on the 7th harmonic.

Prime harmonics

Approximation of prime harmonics in 109edo
Harmonic 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31
Error Absolute (¢) +0.00 +2.63 -0.99 -0.02 -0.86 -3.83 +5.14 -0.27 -0.75 +5.29 -0.08
Relative (%) +0.0 +23.9 -9.0 -0.2 -7.8 -34.8 +46.7 -2.4 -6.8 +48.0 -0.7
Steps
(reduced)
109
(0)
173
(64)
253
(35)
306
(88)
377
(50)
403
(76)
446
(10)
463
(27)
493
(57)
530
(94)
540
(104)

Subsets and supersets

109edo is the 29th prime EDO.