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The pint (/ ˈ p aɪ n t /, listen ⓘ; symbol pt, [1] [2] sometimes abbreviated as p [3]) is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems, it is one-eighth of a gallon. The British imperial pint is 20.095% larger than the US pint because the two systems are defined ...
medium pitcher (US) 1.41 L: 48 US fl oz: 3 US pints. The 48 oz pitcher is used with either medium 12 oz beer glasses (4 glasses per pitcher) or large 16 oz beer glasses (3 glasses per pitcher). Yard of Ale (UK) 1.42 L: 48.03 US fl oz: 50 imp. oz: 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 imp. Pints. A long thin vessel with a conical rim and a bulb-shaped reservoir at the ...
The saying, "a pint's a pound the world around", refers to 16 US fluid ounces of water weighing approximately (about 4% more than) one pound avoirdupois. An imperial pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter (20 oz).
[d] However, whereas the US gill is divided into four US fluid ounces, the imperial gill is divided into five imperial fluid ounces. Thus, while the imperial fluid ounce is 3.924% smaller than the US fluid ounce, the imperial gallon, quart, pint and gill are all 20.095% larger than their US counterparts.
1 US gill ≡ 4 US fluid ounces ≡ 1 / 32 US gallon ≡ 1 / 8 US liquid quart ≡ 1 / 4 US liquid pint ≡ 1 / 2 US cup ≡ 8 US tablespoons ≡ 24 US teaspoons ≡ 32 US fluid drams: ≡ 118.29411825 mL [b] ≈ 4.163 3709 imperial fluid ounces: ≈ 0.026 0211 imperial gallons: ≈ 0.104 0843 imperial quarts ≈ ...
Twenty imperial fluid ounces make an imperial pint, the imperial fluid ounce being 0.96 US fluid ounces. The US Customary system of units makes use of set of dry units of capacity that have a similar set of names [Note 7] to those of liquid capacity, though different volumes: the dry pint having a volume of 33.6 cubic inches (550 ml) against ...
A US fluid ounce is 1 / 16 of a US pint (about 1·04 UK fluid ounces or 29.6 mL); a UK fluid ounce is 1 / 20 of a UK pint (about 0·96 US fluid ounce or 28.4 mL). On a larger scale, perhaps for institutional cookery, a UK gallon is 8 UK pints (160 UK fluid ounces; about 1·2 US gallons or 4.546 litres), whereas the US gallon is ...
An imperial fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 of an imperial pint, 1 ⁄ 160 of an imperial gallon, or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US liquid pint, 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon, or exactly 29.5735295625 mL, making it about 4.084% larger than the imperial fluid ounce. A US food labeling fluid ounce is exactly 30 mL.