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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"book from paper folded to make four pages to the sheet," late 15c., from Medieval Latin in quarto "in the fourth (part of a sheet of paper)," from quarto, ablative singular of Latin quartus "fourth" (see quart).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context paper English) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5")(190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25")(381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides). 2 # (context UK English) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches) 3 (context printing English) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
WordNet
n. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves [syn: 4to]
Wikipedia
Quarto is a board game for two players invented by Swiss mathematician Blaise Müller in 1991.
1993 Mensa Select Winner
1993 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
2001 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Winner
It is played on a 4×4 board. There are 16 unique pieces, each of which is either:
- tall or short;
- red or blue (or a different pair of colors, e.g. light- or dark-stained wood);
- square or circular; and
- hollow-top or solid-top.
Players take turns choosing a piece which the other player must then place on the board. A player wins by placing a piece on the board which forms a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row of four pieces, all of which have a common attribute (all short, all circular, etc.). A variant rule included in many editions gives a second way to win by placing four matching pieces in a 2x2 square.
Quarto is distinctive in that there is only one set of common pieces, rather than a set for one player and a different set for the other. It is therefore an impartial game.
Quarto ( Latin and Italian for "fourth") could refer to:
- Quarto, a size or format of a book in which four leaves of a book are created from a standard size sheet of paper
- For specific information about quarto texts of William Shakespeare's works, see:
- Folios and Quartos
- Bad quarto
- Quarto (board game)
- Quarto, a coin worth of a Gibraltarian real
- Quarto Group, a London-based publishing house
Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4°) is a book or pamphlet produced from full 'blanksheets', each of which is printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves (that is, eight book pages). Each printed page now presents as one-fourth size of the full blanksheet.
The earliest known European printed book is a quarto, the Sibyllenbuch, believed to have been printed by Gutenberg in 1452–53, before the Gutenberg Bible, surviving only as a fragment. Quarto is also used as a general description of size of books that are about 12 inches tall, and as such does not necessarily indicate the actual printing format of the books, which may even be unknown as is the case for many modern books. These terms are discussed in greater detail in Book sizes.
Usage examples of "quarto".
Deitou-me na cama, deixou a luz apagada e foi buscar no outro quarto as minhas malas.
Conseguimos quartos na pousada do ator Paulo Autran, a mais bonita e a melhor de Parati.
Bodleian library there is a third example, written in quarto with large uncial letters in double columns, in much the same style as the book given by Parker to Corpus Christi.
If this style of writing be continued, we may expect not only the actions of Vindomarus or Ariovistus to be celebrated, but we may perhaps see the history of the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Catabaws, versified in quarto.
Fomos todos para a sala, menos Jade, que, ouvindo o choro do filho, foi para o quarto.
It was addressed to Serenissimo Domino Nostro lohanni Quarto, Dci Gratia, Angliae, Franciae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Novae Angliae et Novae Franciae, Rex, Imperatore, Fidei Defensor, .
The printing of three quarto volumes in those days of handpresses was a formidable undertaking, and unless expedition were used the publishing season of the ensuing year would be lost.
Chaucer Folio, the Shakespeare First Quarto, the three Kelmscott Morrises, the autographed copy of The Man of Property, and the embroidered glove belonging to the Countess of Shrewsbury.
Lowria Lloyd de Havod-lwyfog in agro Arvonensi in matrimonio conjuncti fuere decimo quarto die Feb.
Ao entrar no quarto, fui direto para a minha mesa, abri a gaveta e retirei um envelope antigo, que guardava a foto de uma menina loira usando um vestido florido e sorrindo de modo claro e expressivo.
Lembre-se de Romeu subindo na sacada de Julieta e de Tatziu saltando da janela do quarto de Liv.
Harriet at present, the only mental provision she was making for the evening of life, was the collecting and transcribing all the riddles of every sort that she could meet with, into a thin quarto of hot-pressed paper, made up by her friend, and ornamented with ciphers and trophies.
His secluded room I could picture to myself with a sense of certainty--the couch (a sofa by day), the cupboard, the writing-table with its student lamp, the litter of pamphlets and old quartos and octavos in tattered bindings, among which were scarce reprints of his beloved Charles Lamb, and perhaps--nay, surely--an editio princeps of the "Essays.
Here it is 4th Sepredi of Hawkbill Quarto, 6/317), Chromolith Smokestack.
The Arminian Le Clerc, who has composed in a quarto volume (Amsterdam, 1716) the ecclesiastical history of the two first centuries, was free both in his temper and situation.