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In music, 23 equal temperament, called 23-TET, 23-EDO ("Equal Division of the Octave"), or 23-ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into 23 equal steps (equal frequency ratios). Each step represents a frequency ratio of 23 √ 2 , or 52.174 cents.
This glossary covers terms found in the psychiatric literature; the word origins are primarily Greek, but there are also Latin, French, German, and English terms. Many of these terms refer to expressions dating from the early days of psychiatry in Europe; some are deprecated, and thus are of historic interest.
19-EDO can be represented with the traditional letter names and system of sharps and flats simply by treating flats and sharps as distinct notes, as usual in standard musical practice; however, in 19-EDO the distinction is a real pitch difference, rather than a notational fiction. In 19-EDO only B ♯ is enharmonic with C ♭, and E ♯ with F ♭.
psych-of or pertaining to the mind Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ), breath, life, soul psychology, psychiatry: ptero-, ptery-Pertaining to a wing; 'pterygo-', wing-shaped Greek πτερόν (pterón), wing, feather lateral pterygoid plate-ptosis: falling, drooping, downward placement, prolapse Greek πτῶσῐς (ptôsis), falling apoptosis ...
In music, 22 equal temperament, called 22-TET, 22-EDO, or 22-ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into 22 equal steps (equal frequency ratios). Play ⓘ Each step represents a frequency ratio of 22 √ 2, or 54.55 cents (Play ⓘ). When composing with 22-ET, one needs to take into account a variety of considerations.
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").
With the introduction of the structural model, Freud intended to separate the terms unconscious and conscious from their spatially opposing meanings by formulating the three instances of id, ego and superego, which interlock with each other through their specific functions in a similar way to the organelles of a cell or parts of a machine, for ...
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.