Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
QUARTO
quarto, to
(noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quarto (countable and uncountable, plural quartos)
(paper) A size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
(UK) Quarto writing paper (10 inches x 8 inches)
(printing) A book size, corresponding to the paper size.
Synonyms
• (paper size): 4to, 4º
• (book size): Q
Anagrams
• Quatro, quatro
Source: Wiktionary
Quar"to, a. Etym: [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the fourth: cf. F. (in) quarto. See Quart.]
Definition: Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.
Quar"to, n.; pl. Quartos (.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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