Kwazy comma

Interval information

Factorization	2-53 × 310 × 516
Monzo	[-53 10 16⟩
Size in cents	0.5694305¢
Name	Kwazy comma
Color name	Quadla-quadquadyo comma
FJS name	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{10d}{-6}^{5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5} }[/math]
Special properties	reduced, reduced harmonic
Tenney height (log2 nd)	106
Weil height (log2 max(n, d))	106.001
Wilson height (sopfr(nd))	216
Harmonic entropy (Shannon, [math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{nd} }[/math])	~1.20124 bits
Comma size	unnoticeable
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The kwazy comma (monzo: [-53 10 16⟩) is an unnoticeable 5-limit comma measuring about 0.569 cents.

Temperaments

Tempering out this comma leads to the 5-limit kwazy temperament.

Etymology

This comma was named by Gene Ward Smith and Paul Erlich in 2002 as a mutant form for both quasi and crazy (as in kwazy wabbit!). Quasi was short for quasiseptima since an interval very close to 9/7 could be used as a generator for the corresponding temperament.