Kwazy comma
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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]\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]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
~1.20124 bits
Comma size
unnoticeable
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reduced harmonic
(Shannon, [math]\sqrt{nd}[/math])
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!)[1]. Quasi was short for quasiseptima since an interval very close to 9/7 could be used as a generator for the corresponding temperament[2].