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quar•to
Pronunciation: (kwôr'tō), [key]
—n., pl. -tos,
—adj.
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n.
1. a book size of about 9½ × 12 in. (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages.
Symbol: 4to, 4°
2. a book of this size.
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adj.
bound in quarto.
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