quarto size
1quarto — UK [ˈkwɔː(r)təʊ] / US [ˈkwɔrtoʊ] noun Word forms quarto : singular quarto plural quartos 1) [uncountable] a large size of paper used in printing that measures about 26 x 20 centimetres 2) [countable] a book with pages that are quarto size …
2quarto — noun (C) technical 1 the size of paper, or the paper itself, produced by folding a large sheet of paper twice, to produce four sheets: quarto sheets of paper 2 a book with pages of quarto size …
3quarto — quar·to || kwÉ”rtəʊ / kwÉ”Ë n. paper size measuring approximately 9.5 x 12 inches; book of this size adj. of the quarto size, sized approximately 9.5 x 12 inches (about books or paper) …
4quarto — quar|to [ kwɔrtou ] noun TECHNICAL 1. ) uncount a large size of paper used in printing, measuring about 26 x 20 CENTIMETERS 2. ) count a book with pages that are quarto size …
5Quarto — (Italian for fourth ) could refer to:Texts: * A quarto is a technique in bookbinding and publishing, and the books of the resulting size, when four leaves of a book are created from a standard size sheet of paper *For specific information about… …
6quarto — [kwôrt′ō] n. pl. quartos [< L (in) quarto < in, in + quarto, abl. of quartus, fourth: see QUART1] 1. the page size of a book made up of sheets each of which is folded twice to form four leaves, or eight pages, about nine by twelve inches in …
7quarto — ► NOUN (pl. quartos) 1) a page or paper size resulting from folding a sheet into four leaves, typically 10 inches x 8 inches (254 x 203 mm). 2) a book of this size. ORIGIN from Latin in quarto in the fourth (of a sheet) …
8Quarto — Quar to, a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the fourth: cf. F. (in) quarto. See {Quart}.] Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto. [1913 Webster] …
9Quarto — Quar to, n.; pl. {Quartos}. Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size. [1913 Webster] …
10Quarto (text) — A quarto (also 4to or 4º) is a term in printing, referring to a size of book common in the early modern era. Quarto texts were printed on the two sides of large paper sheets, measuring 9 (23 cm) by 12 (30 cm), roughly the size of most modern… …
