Hemimage comma
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| Ratio | 10976/10935 |
| Factorization | 25 × 3-7 × 5-1 × 73 |
| Monzo | [5 -7 -1 3⟩ |
| Size in cents | 6.4789995¢ |
| Name | hemimage |
| FJS name | [math]\text{dd3}^{7,7,7}_{5}[/math] |
| Special properties | reduced |
| Tenney height (log2 n⋅d) | 26.8387 |
| Weil height (max(n, d)) | 10976 |
| Benedetti height (n⋅d) | 120022560 |
| Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\sqrt{n\cdot d}[/math]) |
~2.57607 bits |
| Comma size | small |
| S-expression | S282 × S29 |
| open this interval in xen-calc | |
The hemimage, 10976/10935, is a 7-limit comma measuring about 6.5 cents. It marks the difference between a classic diatonic semitone (16/15) and a stack of three septimal major thirds (9/7) octave reduced, or between a classic whole tone (10/9) and a stack of three septimal third tones (28/27), therefore interesting to those who work extensively with third tones. It is also the difference between 245/243 and 225/224, the two simplest commas to define the 7-limit magic temperament. Tempering it out leads to the hemimage family of temperaments.