Definitions

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  • noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves.

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  • noun paper Abbreviation of quarto, a paper size.
  • noun printing Abbreviation of quarto, a corresponding book size.

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  • noun the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves

Etymologies

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From Latin ablative of quartus ("fourth")

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  • See quarto.

    February 25, 2008