Undim comma

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Interval information
Factorization 241 × 3-20 × 5-4
Monzo [41 -20 -4
Size in cents 15.64513¢
Name Undim comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{5d4}_{5,5,5,5} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced subharmonic
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 81.987
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 82
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 162
Comma size small
Open this interval in xen-calc

The undim comma (monzo[41 -20 -4, ratio: 2199023255552/2179240250625) is a small 5-limit comma of about 15.645 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of four ptolemaic augmented seconds (1215/1024) falls short of the octave.

Temperaments

Tempering out this comma results in the 5-limit version of the undim temperament. This temperament is notably a member of the schismic–Pythagorean equivalence continuum, with n = 4. In other words, it equates the Pythagorean comma with a stack of four schismas. See Undim family for the family of temperament where it is tempered out.

Etymology

This comma was named by Petr Pařízek in 2011 in terms of the corresponding temperament, undim[1].

Notes

  1. See Undim family for sources.