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  2. Fifth (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A metric fifth of Dewar's Scotch whisky. A fifth is a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled beverages in the United States, equal to one fifth of a US liquid gallon, or 25 + 3 ⁄ 5 U.S. fluid ounces (757 milliliters); it has been superseded by the metric bottle size of 750 mL, [1] sometimes called a metric fifth, which is the standard capacity of wine bottles worldwide and is ...

  3. Wine bottle - Wikipedia

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    Many traditional wine bottle sizes are named for Biblical kings and historical figures. [5] The chart below [6] lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is 0.75 litres (0.20 US gal; 0.16 imp gal) (six 125 mL servings).

  4. Alcohol measurements - Wikipedia

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    A EU Standard Spirits Bottle used by T2L member nations to deter non-payment of duties and tariffs. [note 3] Considered a European metric "quart". Common worldwide outside of the Americas and Cuba. Fifth: 25.4 US fl oz: 1 imp pt & 6.4 imp fl oz: 750 mL: A non-EU Standard Liquor Bottle, considered a US metric "quart". Called a "two-six" or ...

  5. Kaluza–Klein theory - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory (KK theory) is a classical unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism built around the idea of a fifth dimension beyond the common 4D of space and time and considered an important precursor to string theory. In their setup, the vacuum has the usual 3 dimensions of space and one dimension of ...

  6. Gallon - Wikipedia

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    Historically, a common bottle size for liquor in the US was the "fifth", i.e. one-fifth of a US gallon (or one-sixth of an imperial gallon). While spirit sales in the US were switched to metric measures in 1976, a 750 mL bottle is still sometimes known as a "fifth". [50] [51]

  7. Orders of magnitude (volume) - Wikipedia

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    The most common volume for wine and liquor bottles, also the size of an Australian long neck of beer; sometimes called a 'fifth' in the United States for its approximation to the once-common one-fifth-gallon bottle 9.46 × 10 −4: One US liquid quart: 1 × 10 −3: One cubic decimetre or one litre: 1.000 028 × 10 −3

  8. Southern Comfort - Wikipedia

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    A pre-2010 Southern Comfort bottle with its label showing an illustration of Louisiana's Woodland Plantation.The label was redesigned in 2010. [6]Southern Comfort was created by bartender Martin Wilkes Heron (1850–1920), the son of a boat-builder, in 1874 at McCauley's Tavern in the Lower Garden District, two miles (3 km) south of the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. [7]

  9. Standard drink - Wikipedia

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    A standard drink or (in the UK) unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol. The notion is used in relation to recommendations about alcohol consumption and its relative risks to health. It helps to educate alcohol users. [1] A hypothetical alcoholic beverage sized to one standard drink varies ...