Schisma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very small interval equal to half a comma.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”), whence the orthographic borrowing skhisma. Doublet of schism.

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schismatic temperament

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