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n.
  1. (Abbr. qt. or q.)
    1. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 1/4 gallon or 32 ounces (0.946 liter).
    2. A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to 1/8 peck or 2 pints (1.101 liters).
    3. A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in liquid and dry measure, equal to 1.201 U.S. liquid quarts or 1.032 U.S. dry quarts (1.136 liters).
    1. A container having a capacity of one quart.
    2. The contents of such a container.

[Middle English, from Old French quarte, from Latin quārta, feminine of quārtus, fourth.]


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Food and Nutrition: quart
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Imperial measure of volume, equal to ¼ imperial gallon or 2 pints (i.e. 1.1  L).

Measures and Units: quart
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[Etymology: ‘quarter’] volume Symbol qt.

BI (Imperial quart) ¼ BI gallon = 1.136 5~ L.

US-C liq ¼ US gallon = 57.75 in3 (0.946 33~ L).

US-C dry (dry quart) 1/32 US bushel = 67.200 625 in3 (1.101 2~ L).

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One-quarter of a gallon or 2 pints. The Imperial quart is 1136.5 milliliters (1.1365 liters) and the American quart is 946 ml (0.946 liters); abbreviated qt.

Unit Conversions: quarts (dry)
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To convert from quarts (dry) to:

cu inches, multiply by 67.2.
cu cms, multiply by 946.4.
cu feet, multiply by .03342.
cu inches, multiply by 57.75.
cu meters, multiply by 9.464E-04.
cu yards, multiply by 1.238E-03.
gallons, multiply by .25.
liters, multiply by .9463.

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IN BRIEF: A measurement of volume containing four cups.

pronunciation A pint can't hold a quart — if it holds a pint, it is doing all that can be expected of it. — Margaret Deland (1857-1945)

Tutor's tip: Another word that sound like "quart" which is a measurement of volume, is "court" which is a playing area for such games as tennis or basketball or a place where trials are held.

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For other uses, see Quart (disambiguation).
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The quart[1] is an imperial and US customary unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon, two pints, or four cups. Since gallons of various sizes have historically been in use, quarts of various sizes have also existed. Three of these quarts remain in current use, all approximately equal to one litre.

Definitions and Equivalencies

United States liquid quart
All U.S. length and volume measures are based upon the legal definition of 1 yard as exactly 0.9144 metres. From this is derived the equivalencies for inches, feet, and miles, as well as area measures and measures of volume. The US liquid quart exactly equals 57.75 cubic inches, which is exactly equal to 0.946352946 litres.[2][3]
1 US liquid quart  = 1/4 US liquid gallons
= 2 US liquid pints
= 4 US liquid cups
= 32 US fluid ounces
= 57.75 cubic inches[4]
= 0.946352946 litres[5][3]
≈ 33.307 imperial fluid ounces
United States dry quart
The US dry quart is equal to 1/32 of a US bushel, exactly 1.101220942715 litres.
1 US dry quart  = 1/32 US bushels
= 1/4 US dry gallons
= 2 US dry pints
= 67.2 cubic inches
= 1.101220942715 litres[5][3]
≈ 38.758 imperial fluid ounces
Imperial quart
The imperial quart, used for both liquid or dry capacity, is equal to one quarter of an imperial gallon, or exactly 1.1365225 litres.
1 imperial quart  = 1/4 imperial gallons
= 2 imperial pints
= 40 imperial fluid ounces
= 1.1365225 litres[6][7]
≈ 69.355 cubic inches
≈ 38.430 US fluid ounces

Winchester quart

The Winchester quart is an archaic measure,[8] roughly equal to 2 Imperial quarts or 2.25 litres. The 2.5 litre bottles in which laboratory chemicals are supplied are sometimes referred to as Winchester quart bottles, although they contain slightly more than a traditional Winchester quart.

Notes

  1. ^ The term comes from the Latin quartus (meaning one-quarter) via the French quart. However, although the French word quart has the same root, it frequently means something entirely different. In Canadian French in particular, the quart is called pinte whilst the pint is called chopine.
  2. ^ Authorized tables, U.S. Code, Title 15, ch. 6, subchapter I, sec. 205, accessed 19 July 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)—US government publication
  4. ^ One US liquid gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches.
  5. ^ a b This has been the exact conversion since the 1964 redefinition of the litre and the 1959 redefinition of the inch.
  6. ^ This has been the exact conversion since the redefinition of the imperial gallon in 1985 (UK), c. 1964 (Canada).
  7. ^ UK Units of Measurement Regulations 1995
  8. ^ Trading Standards - Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester

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Translations: Quart
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - (rummål) 1/4 gallon = 1,136 liter, 1,14 liter (UK), 0,9 liter (US)

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwart gallon, fles/pot etc. die kwart gallon houdt, vierde parade (schermen)

Français (French)
n. - litre (GB = 1,136 litres), (US = 0,946 litres)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Quart (Maß), Quartgefäß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουόρτ, τέταρτο του γαλονιού, τέταρτος (στο μπριτζ)
abbr. - τέταρτο

Italiano (Italian)
quarto di gallone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quarto (m), medida de capacidade (0,95 l), quatro cartas do mesmo naipe
abbr. - trimestral

Русский (Russian)
кварта

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuarto de galón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - quart, kvart (fäktn.), kvart, fyra kort i svit (kortsp.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
夸脱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 夸脫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (카드) 한조의 넉장 연속의 패, 쿼트(약 1.14리터)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クォート

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ربع غالون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רבע גלון, קווארט, כלי-קיבול שתכולתו רבע גלון, מידת היבש - 23/1 של בושל‬

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