3125/2916

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3125/2916, or the sixix comma (119.839 cents in size) is the comma which defines the sixix temperament, a temperament available in 25edo, 32edo and 43edo.

Interval information
Ratio 3125/2916
Factorization 2-2 × 3-6 × 55
Monzo [-2 -6 5
Size in cents 119.8386¢
Name sixix comma
Color name y51, quinyo unison
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AA1}^{5,5,5,5,5} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 23.1194
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 23.2193
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 47
Comma size large
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If treated as a melodic interval rather than a comma, then it is very well approximated by one step of 10edo. The small difference between a stack of 10 3125/2916's and the octave, [21 60 -50, is called the neon comma and it realizes the neon 5-limit temperament.

See also