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quarto |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quarto \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quarto \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quarto n : the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves [syn: {4to}]
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