pint
Sign in to saveThe pint (, ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as p) 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.
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- Unit.name
- Pint
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- Volles Pint-Glas.jpg
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- A full pint glass. The fill line indicates a half pint.
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- volume
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- pt
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- p
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- Non-SI units
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- Non-SI units
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- (liquid)
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- Non-SI units
- Unit.inunits_us2
- (dry)
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12 sectionsContents
- {{anchor|Etymology}}Name
- Definitions
- Imperial pint
- {{anchor|United States liquid pint}}US liquid pint
- US dry pint
- Other pints
- Equivalence
- History
- Effects of metrication
- Notes
- References
- External links
The pint (, ; symbol pt, sometimes abbreviated as p) 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 differently. Almost all other countries have standardized on the metric system, so although some of them still also have traditional units called pints (such as for beverages), the volume varies by regional custom.