Unqualified temperament

Japanese: unequal temperament(英語表記)unequaltemperament
Unqualified temperament

...So in the 16th century, the meantone temperament was developed, in which major thirds were kept pure and fifths were shortened. This is also called unequal temperament, and although it is a type of equal temperament, it is used to distinguish it from equal temperament, which takes all unit intervals to be equal, such as 12-tone equal temperament. The idea of ​​dividing the octave equally seems to have been practiced by lutenists and others in the 15th century. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこで,16世紀において長3度を純正にとり,5度を縮めるという中全音律が行われるようになる。これは不等分平均律unequal temperamentとも呼ばれ,一種の平均律ではあるが,〈12平均律〉のようにすべての単位音程を等しくとる等分平均律equal temperamentとは区別して用いられる。 オクターブを均等に分割するという考え方は,すでに実践の面においては15世紀のリュート奏者などの間で行われていたとみられる。…

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