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1. (n.) quarto
½&xtimes; 12 in. (24 &xtimes; 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°
2. quarto
a book of this size.
3. (adj.) quarto
bound in quarto.
Etymology: (1580–90; short for NL in quārtō in fourth (L quārtō, abl. sing. of quartusfourth ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) quarto, 4to
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Quarto
having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto
2. (noun) Quarto
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Quarto
a book having the sheet folded into four leaves.
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