Enneadeca
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19-tone-comma
(Shannon, [math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{nd} }[/math])
[-14 -19 19⟩, the enneadeca or 19-tone-comma, is an unnoticeable 5-limit comma of 2.816 cents which is the amount by which nineteen classical minor thirds fall short of five octaves, that is, 25/(6/5)19.
Temperament
Tempering out the enneadeca leads to the enneadecal temperament, supported by equal divisions divisible by 19 such as 19edo, 38edo, 57edo, 76edo, 114edo, 152edo, 171edo, 190edo and 228edo.
Etymology
This comma was named by Gene Ward Smith in 2001 in terms of the corresponding temperament, enneadecal[1], for the temperament has 19 periods per octave. The comma was at one point dubbed enneadecima[2], though it was enneadeca that stuck.