Kwazy comma
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| Factorization | 2-53 × 310 × 516 |
| Monzo | [-53 10 16⟩ |
| Size in cents | 0.56943049¢ |
| 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 |
| open this interval in xen-calc | |
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].