planar temperament

Planar temperaments are like linear temperaments, but with two generators and an equivalence interval.

The difference between a generator and an equivalence interval is only a matter of formalism.

[from Graham Breed, Yahoo tuning-math message 4235 (Mon May 13, 2002 9:57 am)]

See also:

unequal temperaments,
linear temperaments

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