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Just intonation intervals, or approximations to them, are named in the scheme "m-th division-into-n", meaning n/(n-m). | Just intonation intervals, or approximations to them, are named in the scheme "m-th division-into-n", meaning n/(n-m). | ||
*The "division into n" part is the Windermere number word meaning 1/n. (For example, ''bifooþ nyðjar'' means 7/(7-3) = 7/4.) | *The "division into n" part is the Windermere number word meaning 1/n. (For example, ''bifooþ nyðjar'' 'third fifth-division' means 7/(7-3) = 7/4.) | ||
*If the "m-th" part is missing, then the interval is assumed to be the superparticular ratio n/(n-1). | *If the "m-th" part is missing, then the interval is assumed to be the superparticular ratio n/(n-1). | ||