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Revision as of 13:14, 15 December 2025 view source Lériendil (talk \| contribs) Interface administrators, Administrators 566 edits Created page with "A '''cent''' (abbreviated to c or ¢) is the conventional measurement unit of the logarithmic distance between frequencies; in other words, the size of the interval between them. A cent is defined as a ratio of 2^(1/1200), or a factor of about 1.0005778, such that the octave (2/1) spans exactly 1200 cents, and therefore that each step of 12edo spans exactly 100."		Latest revision as of 13:31, 15 December 2025 view source Lériendil (talk \| contribs) Interface administrators, Administrators 566 edits Redirected page to Glossary#Cent Tags: New redirect Visual edit: Switched
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	~~A '''cent''' (abbreviated to c or ¢) is the conventional measurement unit of the logarithmic distance between~~ [[~~frequency\|frequencies~~]]; in other words, the size of the [[interval]] between them. A cent is defined as a ratio of 2^(1/1200), or a factor of about 1.0005778, such that the octave ([[2/1]]) spans exactly 1200 cents, and therefore that each step of [[12edo]] spans exactly 100.		#redirect [[Glossary#Cent]]