kuras

English translation: quire (1/20th of a ream of paper OR 25 sheets)

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Malay term or phrase:kuras
English translation:quire (1/20th of a ream of paper OR 25 sheets)
Entered by: yam2u

05:20 Jul 1, 2005
Malay to English translations [PRO]
Printing & Publishing
Malay term or phrase: kuras
i looked up 'kuras' and it means section. but i don't know if it fits in the context below:

"jenis cetakan teks: 8.5 kuras cetakan hitam putih"
Atikah
Malaysia
Local time: 21:29
quire (1/20th of a ream of paper OR 25 sheets)
Explanation:
refs:

- Kamus Perwira

*kuras = nama. helaian kertas untuk percetakan; quire (en)

- KIMD

*quire (kwir) noun. Abbr. q., qr. a set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream; koyar.

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Note added at 14 hrs 0 min (2005-07-01 19:21:03 GMT)
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atikah,

- pls see CONNOTATION of Wiki definition below. from it one can deduce that \"quire\" is not only used to indicate exactly 1/20 or 24-25 sheets. a bunch of similar type and size paper is also referred to as a quire.

- from Wikipedia; search: paper, quire [BOLD mine, for emphasis]

* quire — a measure of paper. A quire is a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality. It might also be thought of as 1/20 of a ream. However, the CONNOTATION is A SMALL COLLECTION OF SHEETS OF PAPER of the SAME SIZE and the SAME QUALITY.




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quire (1/20th of a ream of paper OR 25 sheets)


Explanation:
refs:

- Kamus Perwira

*kuras = nama. helaian kertas untuk percetakan; quire (en)

- KIMD

*quire (kwir) noun. Abbr. q., qr. a set of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and stock; one twentieth of a ream; koyar.

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Note added at 14 hrs 0 min (2005-07-01 19:21:03 GMT)
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atikah,

- pls see CONNOTATION of Wiki definition below. from it one can deduce that \"quire\" is not only used to indicate exactly 1/20 or 24-25 sheets. a bunch of similar type and size paper is also referred to as a quire.

- from Wikipedia; search: paper, quire [BOLD mine, for emphasis]

* quire — a measure of paper. A quire is a set of 24 or 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality. It might also be thought of as 1/20 of a ream. However, the CONNOTATION is A SMALL COLLECTION OF SHEETS OF PAPER of the SAME SIZE and the SAME QUALITY.






yam2u
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