Definition of Schisma. Meaning of Schisma. Synonyms of Schisma

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Definition of Schisma

Schisma
Schisma Schis"ma, n. [L., a split, separation, Gr. schi`sma: cf. F. schisma. See Schism.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval equal to half a comma.

Meaning of Schisma from wikipedia

- In music, the schisma (also spelled skhisma) is the interval between the syntonic comma (81:80) and the Pythagorean comma ( 531 441 : 524 288 ), which...
- temperament is a musical tuning system that results from tempering the schisma of 32805:32768 (1.9537 cents) to a unison. It is also called the schismic...
- a Scottish Presbyterian movement in the 17th century pertaining to the schisma in music Schismatic temperament Schism (disambiguation) Schismogenesis...
- Schism of 1378, or the Great Schism (Latin: Magnum schisma occidentale, Ecclesiae occidentalis schisma), was a split within the Roman Catholic Church lasting...
- this latter fifth be sharpened by 5⁄6 of a schisma, and all the pure fifths be flattened by 1⁄6 of a schisma. Barca's version thus has six fifths tempered...
- 5-limit tuning, or of 36/25 in 7-limit tuning. The 5-limit just intonation schisma (ratio 32 805 / 32 768) is a micro-coincidence of approximately an eleventh...
- formed of seven villages and an uninhabited island area. The village of Schisma is by far the most po****ted one and is often understood as 'Elounda Centre'...
- operator in mathematics Grad, a small unit in tuning very close to the schisma, which it is also called abbreviation of gigaradian (Grad), a unit of angle...
- diesis. However, the unsigned article "Comma, Schisma" in the same reference source calls comma, schisma, and diaschisma "microintervals" but not "microtones"...
- (tuned in the ratio 6:5), which is equal to three syntonic commas minus a schisma, equal to 648:625 or about 62.57 cents (almost one 63.16 cent step-size...