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=Temperament Name Etymologies:= 


===Amity:=== 
Origin: Pre-Middle-Path
Meaning: A restructuring of the words "acute minor third." The ideal generator for Amity is between a minor third and neutral third.

===Ammonite:=== 
Origin: 2011, Ryan Avella, Gene Smith, KEENAN PEPPER
Meaning: KEENAN PEPPER suggested it was a good name of a weird spiral-shaped animal, for a temperament in the porcupine family (like nautilus)

===Avila:=== 
Origin: 2011, Mike Battaglia, Ron Sword, Ryan Avella
Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname.

===Blackwood:=== 
Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path
Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.

===Father:=== 
Origin: 2000s?
Meaning: A combination of the words "fourth" and "third." This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.

===Mabila:=== 
Origin: 2011, Gene Smith
Meaning: Named after Mavila temperament due to their similar tunings and scale structure.

===Mavila:=== 
Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady
Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales.

===Meantone:=== 
Origin: Really really old
Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.

===Negri:=== 
Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)
Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.

===Orwell:=== 
Origin: 2001, Gene Smith
Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19/84.

===Porcupine:=== 
Origin: 1999? Herman Miller
Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.

===Sensi: (also 'Sensipent,' 'Sensisept')=== 
Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path
Meaning: A combination of the words "semi-" and "sixth."

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 Origin: Pre-Middle-Path<br />
Meaning: A restructuring of the words &quot;acute minor third.&quot; The ideal generator for Amity is between a minor third and neutral third.<br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc2"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Ammonite:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->Ammonite:</h3>
 Origin: 2011, Ryan Avella, Gene Smith, KEENAN PEPPER<br />
Meaning: KEENAN PEPPER suggested it was a good name of a weird spiral-shaped animal, for a temperament in the porcupine family (like nautilus)<br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc3"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Avila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 -->Avila:</h3>
 Origin: 2011, Mike Battaglia, Ron Sword, Ryan Avella<br />
Meaning: Originally discovered by Ryan by accident while he was reading the mapping for Mavila temperament incorrectly. It is the original spelling of Ryan's surname.<br />
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 Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br />
Meaning: Named after Easley Blackwood's 10-out-of-15 maximally even scale.<br />
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 Origin: 2000s?<br />
Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;fourth&quot; and &quot;third.&quot; This is meant to represent the unification of perfect fourths and major thirds in Father temperament.<br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc6"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mabila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 -->Mabila:</h3>
 Origin: 2011, Gene Smith<br />
Meaning: Named after Mavila temperament due to their similar tunings and scale structure.<br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Mavila:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 -->Mavila:</h3>
 Origin: 1990s? Kraig Grady<br />
Meaning: Named after the Chopi village of Mavila in Mozambique, known for their use near-equal heptatonic scales.<br />
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 Origin: Really really old<br />
Meaning: Named so because it maps the major whole tone (9/8) and the minor whole tone (10/9) to the same interval, which is near the average of the two tones in ideal tunings.<br />
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:18:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc9"><a name="Temperament Name Etymologies:--Negri:"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:18 -->Negri:</h3>
 Origin: 2001, (Paul Erlich?)<br />
Meaning: Named after John Negri's 10-out-of-19 maximally even scale.<br />
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 Origin: 2001, Gene Smith<br />
Meaning: Named after George Orwell's book 1984, because of the generator of 19/84.<br />
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 Origin: 1999? Herman Miller<br />
Meaning: Named after Herman Miller's Mizarian Porcupine Overture in 15-EDO.<br />
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 Origin: Middle-Path or Pre-Middle-Path<br />
Meaning: A combination of the words &quot;semi-&quot; and &quot;sixth.&quot;</body></html>