1024/1023

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Interval information
Ratio 1024/1023
Subgroup monzo 2.3.11.31 [10 -1 -1 -1
Size in cents 1.6914843¢
Name kibisma
Color name 31u1u2, thiwulu 2nd,
Thiwulu comma
FJS name [math]\text{m2}_{11,31}[/math]
Special properties square superparticular,
reduced,
reduced subharmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd) 19.9986
Weil height (log2 max(n, d)) 20
Wilson height (sopfr(nd)) 65
Harmonic entropy
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~1.22495 bits
Comma size unnoticeable
S-expression S32
open this interval in xen-calc

1024/1023, the kibisma is a 31-limit superparticular comma of about 1.69 cents. It forms the difference between 32/31 and 33/32. By tempering it out is defined the kibismic temperament, which enables the kibismic chords. It is a Mersenne comma.

Etymology

The word kilobyte for this comma was suggested by Xenllium in 2023 to refer to 1024 (210) bytes but it was changed due to it having nothing to do with the logical kilobyte comma of 1024/1000 = 128/125, and as a result has nothing to do with bytes either, so kibisma was preferred as kibi is the SI prefix for unambiguously referring to 210.

See also