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This is about 16 cents away from a very, very, *very* low A, for what it's worth. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.180|162.158.75.180]] 22:18, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 
This is about 16 cents away from a very, very, *very* low A, for what it's worth. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.180|162.158.75.180]] 22:18, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
 
:Sorry, I don't speak... uh... I have no idea what language you're speaking. This comment is incomprehensible to me. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.173|172.69.33.173]] 18:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 
:Sorry, I don't speak... uh... I have no idea what language you're speaking. This comment is incomprehensible to me. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.173|172.69.33.173]] 18:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
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::Apparently cents is a musical term that has a correlation to frequency. The A is a musical note. [https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/clarinet/trivia/trivia009.html] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.187.129|162.158.187.129]] 02:35, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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:::Okay, that makes absolutely no cents whatsoever. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.78|172.69.34.78]] 18:30, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
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::A cent is a frequency ratio of 2<sup>1/1200</sup> to 1. Just as there are 20 decibels in a 10-fold increase in sound amplitude, there are 100 cents in a semitone and 12 semitones in an octave. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 03:29, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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:A(-27), to be exact, though I don't believe there's actually any standard notation for notes lower than C0. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.161|172.70.130.161]] 23:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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@TheSmartestNoob - [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=594:_Period&curid=6322&diff=228342&oldid=164266 This 'correction' of grammer] seems not to have fixed anything, and actually broken it. I undid it, and I would have explained this on your own Talk page, but you don't have one and I wouldn't be able to create it. Did you mean to rewrite it as "A period is also called a {{w|Menstruation|menstrual cycle}}. It is a process marked by (etc...)"? But still, I can't see a problem with the current (again, as of now) version. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.203|172.69.79.203]] 18:44, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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...And angular velocity: 1.97 mHz 108.162.231.30 23:29, 14 December 2014 (UTC) This just makes me sad for Homestuck. ----

One must wonder whether Randall noticed the Homestuck connection at the time of making this comic. He is, apparently, a fan, as Homestuck is linked on the main xkcd site, but this comic was made within only a few months of the comic's start, so he mightn't have heard of it yet.--173.245.52.151 03:36, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

This is about 16 cents away from a very, very, *very* low A, for what it's worth. 162.158.75.180 22:18, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't speak... uh... I have no idea what language you're speaking. This comment is incomprehensible to me. 172.69.33.173 18:49, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Apparently cents is a musical term that has a correlation to frequency. The A is a musical note. [1] 162.158.187.129 02:35, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Okay, that makes absolutely no cents whatsoever. 172.69.34.78 18:30, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
A cent is a frequency ratio of 21/1200 to 1. Just as there are 20 decibels in a 10-fold increase in sound amplitude, there are 100 cents in a semitone and 12 semitones in an octave. --Tepples (talk) 03:29, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
A(-27), to be exact, though I don't believe there's actually any standard notation for notes lower than C0. 172.70.130.161 23:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

@TheSmartestNoob - This 'correction' of grammer seems not to have fixed anything, and actually broken it. I undid it, and I would have explained this on your own Talk page, but you don't have one and I wouldn't be able to create it. Did you mean to rewrite it as "A period is also called a menstrual cycle. It is a process marked by (etc...)"? But still, I can't see a problem with the current (again, as of now) version. 172.69.79.203 18:44, 12 March 2022 (UTC)