22/21

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Interval information
Ratio 22/21
Factorization 2 × 3-1 × 7-1 × 11
Monzo [1 -1 0 -1 1
Size in cents 80.537035¢
Name small undecimal semitone
Color name 1or1, loru unison
FJS name [math]\text{P1}^{11}_{7}[/math]
Special properties superparticular,
reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd) 8.85175
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 8.91886
Wilson height (sopfr (nd)) 23
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{n\cdot d}[/math])
~4.68615 bits

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22/21 is a small superparticular semitone of about 80.5¢ that appears in 11-limit just intonation. It makes the difference between the 21st and 22nd harmonics. It is close in size to 21/20, a 7-limit superparticular interval, differing from it by 441/440, about 3.9¢.

The single degree of 88cET can function as both 21/20 and 22/21, thus tempering out 441/440.

10 steps of 149edo appoximate 22/21 with a precision of about 1 part in 15 million, or 1 part in 100000 when measured using relative cents.

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