"xenharmonic" meaning in English

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          "text": "The back cover lists \"Materials and Services\", including Xenharmonikon (cooperation prevails in the xenharmonic world), and persons cooperating in a tape exchange--meaning that if you send a tape of your music, to someone on the list, you get back a tape of their music.",
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          "ref": "2013, William A. Sethares, Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale, page 189:",
          "text": "Dissonance scores can also be applied in situations where no musical score exists, and two examples are given: a xenharmonic piece by Carlos, and a Balinese gamelan performance.",
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          "ref": "2015, Curtis Roads, Composing Electronic Music: A New Aesthetic, page 219:",
          "text": "Microtonal music is sometimes referred to as xenharmonic music, the term deriving from the Greek xenia (hospitable) and xenos (foreign or strange) (Chalmers 1974; Darreg 1977; Wilson 2014).",
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        "(music) Not conforming to the common 12-tone equal temperament."
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