Quart

Quart

The quart [The term comes from the Latin ' (meaning one-quarter) via the French '. However, although the French word "quart" has the same root, it frequently means something entirely different. In Canadian French in particular, the quart is called "pinte" whilst the pint is called "chopine".] is an imperial and US customary unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. Since gallons of various sizes have historically been in use, quarts of various sizes have also existed. Three of these quarts remain in current use, all approximately equal to one liter.

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;United States liquid quart:The US liquid quart is defined as one quarter of a US liquid gallon.::

Winchester quart

A Winchester quart is an archaic measure, [ [http://www.hants.gov.uk/regulatory/tradingstandards/wmhistory.html Trading Standards - Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester ] ] roughly equal to 2 Imperial quarts or 2.25 litres. The 2.5 litre bottles, in which laboratory chemicals are supplied, are sometimes referred to as Winchester quart bottles although they contain slightly more than a traditional Winchester quart.

Maritimer English

In Maritimer English, a quart refers to a quantity of alcohol measuring approximately 750 mL, called a two-six (26 fluid ounces) in the rest of Canada. This is similar in size to the archaic British wine and spirits measure the "reputed quart", which is frac|2|3 imperial quart or ~757.7 ml [ [http://www.sizes.com/units/quart_reputed.htm Reputed quart at sizes.com] ]

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  • Quart — quart …   Medieval glossary

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  • quart- — ⇒QUART , élém. formant I. A. Élém. formant tiré de l adj. quart, quarte, servant à former des mots dont le signifié a un rapport avec « quatrième » ou avec « quatre ». 1. [Le 2e élém. est un suff.] V. quartan, quarté et aussi: quartager, verbe… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Quart — Quart, n. [F. quarte, n. fem., fr. quart fourth. See {Quart} a quarter.] 1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. [1913 Webster] Note: In imperial measure, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Quart — Quart, n. [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the fourth, akin to quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. 2d {Carte}, {Quarto}.] The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Camber did possess the western quart.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quart — quart1 [kwôrt] n. [ME < MFr quarte < fem. of OFr quart, a fourth < L quartus, fourth < base of quattuor,FOUR] 1. a) a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1/ 4 of a liquid gallon or 2 liquid pints or 32 fluid ounces (0.94635 liquid… …   English World dictionary

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  • quart — [kwɔːt ǁ kwɔːrt] noun [countable] 1. a unit of measure for liquids and some dry goods such as grain or coffee, equal to 1.136 litres 2. a unit of measure for liquids and some dry goods, equal to 0.946 litres * * * quart UK US /kwɔːt/ noun [C]… …   Financial and business terms

  • quart — s.m.inv. TS metrol. unità di misura di capacità anglosassone, pari a un quarto di gallone (simb. qt) {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XIX. ETIMO: dall ingl. quart, dal fr. quart quarto …   Dizionario italiano

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