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The quart (symbol: qt) is a unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. Three kinds of quarts are currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the of the British imperial system. All are roughly equal to one liter. It is divided into two pints or (in the US) four cups. Historically, the size of a quart has varied with the different values of gallons over time, and in the case of the dry quart, in reference to different commodities.
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- Name
- History
- Definitions and equivalencies
- Imperial quart
- US liquid quart
- US dry quart
- Winchester quart
- Reputed quart
- Notes
- References
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The quart (symbol: qt) is a unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. Three kinds of quarts are currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the of the British imperial system. All are roughly equal to one liter. It is divided into two pints or (in the US) four cups. Historically, the size of a quart has varied with the different values of gallons over time, and in the case of the dry quart, in reference to different commodities.
==Name== The term comes from the Latin (meaning one-quarter) via the French . However, although the French word has the same root, it frequently means something entirely different. In Canadian French in particular, the quart is called , while the pint is called .