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Interval information

Ratio	280/279
Subgroup monzo	2.3.5.7.31 [3 -2 1 1 -1⟩
Size in cents	6.194046¢
Names	tricetone comma, tricetonema
Color name	Thiwuzoyo 2nd
FJS name	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{m2}^{5,7}_{31} }[/math]
Special properties	superparticular, reduced
Tenney height (log2 nd)	16.2534
Weil height (log2 max(n, d))	16.2586
Wilson height (sopfr(nd))	55
Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{nd} }[/math])	~1.55067 bits
Comma size	small
S-expression	S28 × S29 × S30
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280/279, the tricetone comma or tricetonema is a comma in the 31-limit. It forms the difference between 35/31 (tricesimoprimal major tone) and 9/8, 9/7 amd 40/31, 31/28 (tricesimoprimal minor tone) and 10/9, or 28/27 and 31/30.

Etymology

The word tricetone was introduced by Xenllium in 2025. It is a contraction of tricesimoprimal whole tone comma into a single word.

See also

• Small comma
• List of superparticular intervals