460/459

Interval information

Ratio	460/459
Factorization	22 × 3-3 × 5 × 17-1 × 23
Monzo	[2 -3 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1⟩
Size in cents	3.767649¢
Names	scanisma, vicewolf comma
Color name	23o17uy1, twethosuyo 1sn, Twethosuyo comma
FJS name	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{d}{-2}^{5,23}_{17} }[/math]
Special properties	superparticular, reduced
Tenney norm (log2 nd)	17.6878
Weil norm (log2 max(n, d))	17.691
Wilson norm (sopfr(nd))	58
Comma size	small
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460/459, the scanisma or vicewolf comma, is a 23-limit superparticular comma of about 3.77 cents. It forms the difference between 23/17 (vicesimotertial wolf fourth) and 27/20 (classical wolf fourth). It is also the amount by which a stack of 23/18 (the vicesimoterial major third) and 20/17 (the diatismic minor third) exceed 3/2 (the perfect fifth). Tempering it out defines the scanismic temperament, which enables the scanismic chords.

Etymology

The words scanisma and vicewolf were introduced by Xenllium in 2023. The former refers to 460 Scania, the asteroid (itself named for a province of Sweden), and the latter is a contraction of vicesimotertial wolf into a single word.

See also

• Small comma
• List of superparticular intervals