Cloudy comma

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Interval information
Ratio 16807/16384
Factorization 2-14 × 75
Monzo [-14 0 0 5
Size in cents 44.12953¢
Name cloudy comma
FJS name [math]\displaystyle{ \text{d3}^{7,7,7,7,7} }[/math]
Special properties reduced,
reduced harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 28.0368
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 28.0735
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 63
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16807/16384, the cloudy comma, is a 7-limit medium comma. It is the amount by which five 8/7s fall short of one octave and exceeds 128/125 by 2100875/2097152. For equal divisions N up to 65, the comma is tempered out if and only if 5 divides N. Examples are 5edo, 10edo, 15edo, 50edo, 55edo and 65edo.

Cloudy temperaments

Tempering out the cloudy comma leads a number of regular temperaments including decic, coblack, blacksmith, cloudtone, and pentacloud. Cloudy rank three temperament can be described as the 10&15&50 temperament, which tempers out 385/384 and 3087/3025 in the 11-limit; 105/104, 144/143, and 4459/4400 in the 13-limit.

7-limit cloudy (10&15&50)
Comma: 16807/16384

POTE generators: ~8/7 = 240.000, ~3/2 = 699.467, ~5/4 = 382.669

Map: [<5 0 0 14|, <0 1 0 0|, <0 0 1 0|]

EDOs: 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65

11-limit cloudy (10&15&50)
Commas: 385/384, 3087/3025

POTE generators: ~8/7 = 240.000, ~3/2 = 699.779, ~5/4 = 386.575

Map: [<5 0 0 14 21|, <0 1 0 0 1|, <0 0 1 0 -1|]

EDOs: 5, 10, 15, 35, 40, 50, 55, 60, 65

13-limit cloudy (10&15&50)
Commas: 105/104, 144/143, 3087/3025

POTE generators: ~8/7 = 240.000, ~3/2 = 698.726, ~5/4 = 384.760

Map: [<5 0 0 14 21 -1|, <0 1 0 0 1 1|, <0 0 1 0 -1 1|]

EDOs: 5, 10, 15, 40, 50, 60, 65