Mirkwai comma

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Interval information
Ratio 16875/16807
Factorization 33 × 54 × 7-5
Monzo [0 3 4 -5
Size in cents 6.990326¢
Name mirkwai comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{dddd}{-4}^{5,5,5,5}_{7,7,7,7,7} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 28.0794
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 28.0852
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 64
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The mirkwai comma (16875/16807) is a 7-limit small comma measuring about 6.99033 cents.

Temperaments

Tempering this comma out leads to the rank-3 mirkwai family of temperaments, in which the main rank-3 temperament is like canopus but with another dimension for twos. It is tempered out in rank-2 temperaments such as miracle, octoid, semisept, grendel, kwai, pluto, and mirkat. See Mirkwai clan for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.

See also