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Unit of measurement
The stick may refer to several separate units, depending on the item being measured.
Length
In
typography , the stick, stickful , or stick of type was an inexact length based on the size of the various
composing sticks used by
newspaper
editors to assemble pieces of
moveable type . In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2
column inches or 100–150 words. In
France ,
Spain , and
Italy , sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each. A
column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.
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Mass
A stick of butter
In
American cooking , a stick of
butter is taken to be 4
ounces (about 113
g ).
Volume
In
American cooking , a stick of
butter may also be understood as ½
cup or 8
tablespoons (about 118
mL ).
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
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