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[syn: quarto, 4to]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quarto
n 1: the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet
of paper twice to form four leaves [syn: quarto, 4to]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "quarto":
crown, duodecimo, eighteenmo, farthing, folio, fourth, fourth part,
imperial, medium, octavo, octodecimo, one-fourth, quart, quarter,
quartern, royal, sextodecimo, sixteenmo, super, twelvemo,
twenty-five cents, twenty-five percent, two bits