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equal temperament

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
equal tem-per-a-ment
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tuning system in which every interval (as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular

Uncountable

noun

A tuning system in which every interval (as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular:

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

equal-tempered

Questions

What does equal temperament mean?
A tuning system in which every interval (as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular

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