40/21
40/21, the septimal acute major seventh, is a 7-limit interval measuring about 1115.5 cents.
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small septimal diminished octave
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Terminology
Despite being approximated by the diminished octave in systems like septimal meantone, and even being called the small septimal diminished octave by some musicians due to analogy with 21/20 being called the "large septimal chroma", 40/21 is a major seventh in just intonation notation systems such as Sagittal notation, Helmholtz-Ellis notation and Functional Just System, viewed as the Pythagorean major seventh (243/128) altered by 5120/5103.