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The quart^[1] is an imperial and US customary unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. 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.

hi ppl that come to wikipedia a quart is two milk cartons small sized rite?????--218.186.13.2 (talk) 13:06, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
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^ 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.

[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.

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-==Winchester quart==
+'''hi ppl that come to wikipedia a quart is two milk cartons small sized rite?????--[[Special:Contributions/218.186.13.2|218.186.13.2]] ([[User talk:218.186.13.2|talk]]) 13:06, 20 November 2008 (UTC)<br /><math>Insert formula here</math>
-A Winchester quart is an [[Winchester measure|archaic measure]],<ref>[http://www.hants.gov.uk/regulatory/tradingstandards/wmhistory.html Trading Standards - Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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 (bottle)|Winchester quart bottles]] although they contain slightly more than a traditional Winchester quart.
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