Pint

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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 as the British completely reorganized and defined the current imperial system in 1824 whereas the US system is derived from earlier English unit systems. Almost all other countries have standardized on the metric system, so several still have units called pints or are otherwise based on ounces (such as for beverages), the volume varies by regional custom. The imperial pint (≈ 568 mL) is used in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and Ireland. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL). Other former British colonies, such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, converted to the metric system...

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