Immunity comma

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The immunity comma (monzo[16 -13 2, ratio: 1638400/1594323) is a medium 5-limit comma of about 47.2 cents. It is the difference between the Pythagorean diatonic semitone (256/243) and a stack of two syntonic commas, or between a diptolemaic chromatic semitone (25/24) and a Pythagorean comma.

Interval information
Ratio 1638400/1594323
Factorization 216 × 3-13 × 52
Monzo [16 -13 2
Size in cents 47.21242 ¢
Name immunity comma
Color name ssyy2, Sasa-yoyo comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{m2}^{5,5} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 41.2484
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 41.2877
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 81
Comma size medium
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Temperaments

Tempering out this comma leads to the immunity temperament, which offers hemifourths and hemitwelfths as a result of dividing the diatonic semitone in equal halves.

See Immunity family for the family of temperaments where it is tempered out.

Etymology

This comma was named by Mike Battaglia in 2011 such that the corresponding temperament is paired with amity[1][2].

Perhaps "Immunity," because it's a counterpart to Amity or something like that.

—Mike Battaglia

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