A qualifier used to describe temperaments which are based on the distribution of the schisma.
For a detailed explanation, see Graham Breed's "Schismic Temperaments" page.
Pythagorean tuning can be considered one instance of a schismic temperament.
The standard 12-EDO tuning is unique in that it is both a schismic (-1 schisma) and a meantone (-1/11-comma) temperament, meaning that it equates 5:4 [== 51] with both 81:64 [== 34] and 8192:6561 [== 3-8].
Some other well-known schismic temperaments are those of Helmholtz, Groven, the the "dinarra" tuning of Eduard Sabat-Garibaldi.
See also:
skhismic major 3rd
Eivind Groven's Schismic Temperament.
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