Definition of Quato
Quarto, a book having the sheet folded into four leaves.
- Wikipedia
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A size of paper usually 8 x 10 inches (203mm x 254mm). Formed by cutting a large sheet of (say 16 x 20 inches) twice to form 4 pages. The exact size depends upon the original sheet.
- A book size, usually 10 to 13 inches tall and 7.5 to 8.5 inches wide. Intermediate in size between octavo and folio. Abbreviated 4to.
Italian
- fourth
- fourth (the one in fourth position)
- quarter (fraction), fourth (fraction)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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