4000/3969
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The octagar comma is a small 7-limit comma with a ratio of 4000/3969. It is the difference between a stack of three 10/9's and a stack of two 7/6's. It is also the difference between 50/49 and 81/80, and is equal to (10/9)/(21/20)2, with S-expression S19⋅S202, making it a lopsided comma.
Temperaments
Tempering out this comma alone in the 7-limit leads to the octagar temperament. See Octagar family for the family of rank-3 temperaments where it is tempered out. See Octagar temperaments for a collection of rank-2 temperaments where it is tempered out.
Etymology
This comma was named as octagari by Gene Ward Smith in 2005 as a contraction of octacot and garibaldi[1]. The last letter i was dropped by 2010, however[2].