Quintile comma
The quintile comma (monzo: [-28 25 -5⟩, ratio: 847 288 609 443 / 838 860 800 000) is a small 5-limit comma of about 17.306 cents. It is the amount by which a stack of five grave fourths of 320/243 falls short of two octaves, or the amount by which a stack of five acute fifths of 243/160 exceeds three octaves. It is also the amount by which a stack of five syntonic commas exceed a Pythagorean limma.
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Temperaments
Tempering out this comma leads to the quintile family of temperaments.