Quart

One-quart milk jugs (top shelf); half-gallon (two-quart) milk jugs (bottom shelf)

General information
Unit of| Volume
Symbol| qt
Conversions (imperial)
1 imp qt in ...| ... is equal to ...
SI-compatible units|  1.1365225 L
US customary units|  ≈ 1.200950 US qt
US customary units|  ≈ 69.354858 in3
Conversions (US)
1 US qt in ...| ... is equal to ...
SI-compatible units|  0.946352946 L
Imperial units|  ≈ 0.8326742 imp qt
Imperial units|  57.75 in3
US dry quarts|  ⁠92400/107521⁠ dry qt

The quart (symbol: qt)[1] 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 imperial quart 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.

## Contents

* 1 Name
* 2 History
* 3 Definitions and equivalencies
* 3.1 Imperial quart
* 3.2 US liquid quart
* 3.3 US dry quart
* 4 Winchester quart
* 5 Reputed quart
* 6 Notes
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Name

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,[2] while the pint is called chopine.[2]

## History

Main article: Gallon

Since gallons of various sizes have historically been in use, the corresponding quarts have also existed with various sizes.

## Definitions and equivalencies

### Imperial quart

The imperial quart is equal to one-quarter of an imperial gallon of exactly 4.54609 L, i.e. 1.1365225 L. In the United Kingdom, goods may be sold by the quart if the equivalent metric measure is also given.[3]

1 imperial quart | ≡  | ⁠1/4⁠ | imperial gallon

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| ≡  | 2 | imperial pints
| ≡  | 8 | imperial gills
| ≡  | 40 | imperial fluid ounces
| ≡  | 1.1365225 | liters[4][lower-alpha 1]
| ≈  | 69.354858 | cubic inches
| ≈  | 0.3002375 | US gallons
| ≈  | 1.20095 | US liquid quarts
| ≈  | 2.4019 | US liquid pints
| ≈  | 9.6076 | US gills
| ≈  | 38.4304 | US fluid ounces
| ≈  | 1.0320567 | US dry quarts
| ≈  | 2.0641135 | US dry pints

In Canadian French, by federal law, the imperial quart is called pinte.[5][2]

### US liquid quart

In the United States, traditional length and volume measures have been legally standardized for commerce by the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, using the definition of 1 yard being 0.9144 meters: from this definition the metric equivalents for inches, feet, miles, area measures, and measures of volume are determined. The US liquid quart is equal to one-quarter of a gallon of exactly 231 cubic inches, i.e. 57.75 cubic inches or 0.946352946 L.[6][7]

1 US liquid quart | ≡  | ⁠1/4⁠ | US gallon

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| ≡  | 2 | US liquid pints
| ≡  | 4 | US cups
| ≡  | 8 | US gills
| ≡  | 32 | US fluid ounces
| ≡  | 0.946352946 | liters[7][8]
| ≡  | 57.75 | cubic inches[9]
| ≈  | 0.2081685 | imperial gallons
| ≈  | 0.8326742 | imperial quarts
| ≈  | 1.6653484 | imperial pints
| ≈  | 6.6613935 | imperial gills
| ≈  | 33.3069674 | imperial fluid ounces
| ≡  | ⁠92400/107521⁠ | US dry quart
| ≡  | 1⁠77279/107521⁠ | US dry pints

### US dry quart

In the United States, the dry quart is equal to ⁠1/32⁠ of a US bushel of exactly 2150.42 cubic inches, i.e. 67.200625 cubic inches or 1.101220942715 L.

1 US dry quart | ≡  | ⁠1/32⁠ | US bushel

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| ≡  | ⁠1/8⁠ | US peck
| ≡  | 2 | US dry pints
| ≡  | 1.101220942715 | liters[7][8]
| ≡  | 67.200625 | cubic inches
| ≡  | ⁠107521/369600⁠ | US gallon
| ≡  | 1⁠15121/92400⁠ | US liquid quarts
| ≡  | 2⁠15121/46200⁠ | US liquid pints
| ≡  | 9⁠3571/11550⁠ | US gills
| ≡  | 37⁠1367/5775⁠ | US fluid ounces
| ≈  | 0.2422347 | imperial gallons
| ≈  | 0.968939 | imperial quarts
| ≈  | 1.9378779 | imperial pints
| ≈  | 7.7515118 | imperial gills
| ≈  | 38.7575589 | imperial fluid ounces

## Winchester quart

The Winchester quart is an obsolescent measure:[10] it was originally equal to two imperial quarts (half of an imperial gallon) or exactly 2.273045 L, but was later metricated to 2.5 L (2.2 imperial quarts). Despite its name, it is unrelated to the Winchester measure.[11]

The 2.5 L bottles in which laboratory chemicals are supplied are sometimes referred to as Winchester quart bottles, although these contain 10% more than a traditional Winchester quart.

## Reputed quart

The reputed quart was a measure equal to two-thirds of an imperial quart (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon), i.e. exactly 0.7576816 liters: this is only 0.08% larger than one US fifth (exactly 0.7570823568 liters).

The reputed quart was previously recognized as the standard size of wine bottle in the United Kingdom, and is only about 1% larger than the current standard wine bottle of 0.75 L.[12][13]

## Notes

1. ↑ This has been the exact conversion since the redefinition of the imperial gallon in 1976 in the UK,[4] and in 1964 in Canada.

## References

1. ↑ BS350:Part 1:1974 Conversion factors and tables Part 1. Basis of tables. Conversion factors. British Standards Institution. 1974. pp. 10, 86.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mesures Canada". http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/mc-mc.nsf/fra/accueil.
3. ↑ "Weights and Measures Act 1985, Section 8". Government of the United Kingdom. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/section/8.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Text of the Units of Measurement Regulations 1995 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
5. ↑ "Measurement Canada". http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/mc-mc.nsf/eng/home.
6. ↑ "Authorized tables" , United States Code, Title 15, ch. 6, subchapter I, sec. 205, accessed 19 July 2008.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI) —US government publication
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 This has been the exact conversion since the 1964 redefinition of the liter and the 1959 redefinition of the inch.
9. ↑ One US gallon is defined as exactly 231 cubic inches.
10. ↑ Trading Standards – Weights and Measures of the City of Winchester
11. ↑ "Units: W". https://www.ibiblio.org/units/dictW.html.
12. ↑ "Reputed, adj. (b)". Oxford English Dictionary. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/163235?redirectedFrom=reputed+quart#eid25894027. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
13. ↑ "Reputed quart". Sizes – The Online Quantinary. http://sizes.com/units/quart_reputed.htm.

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