Rin comma

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The rin comma, 1977326743/1953125000 = [-3 0 -12 11, is a 2.5.7 subgroup comma measuring about 21.32 cents. It is the comma which a stack of eleven 7/5s exceeds a stack of five octaves and a 5/4.

Interval information
Ratio 1977326743/1953125000
Factorization 2-3 × 5-12 × 711
Monzo [-3 0 -12 11
Size in cents 21.3204¢
Name rin comma
Color name 11za12g8, lezo-aquadtrigu octave
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{10d8}^{7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7}_{5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5} }[/math]
Special properties reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd) 61.744
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d)) 61.7618
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd)) 143
Comma size small
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Etymology

It was named by Kaisei in 2026 from the Japanese reading of the Chinese character 隣, "rin", meaning “neighboring” or “adjacent”, since it was found while investigating approximations of 5/4 generated by stacks of adjacent-prime ratios (e.g. 7/5 and 11/7).