quarter
Quarter stands for:
- ¼ , a quarter, the number 0.25 as a fraction
- the quarter note in music, see note value
- a measure of capacity for a quarter liter (often wine), see drinking vessel
- the first and the last section of the moon phase
- a southern German and Austrian area in viticulture of 0.29 hectares, corresponds to half a yoke (unit)
- Hindquarters , parts of animals for slaughter after cutting
Time interval:
- the fourth part of an hour in connection with times, see time #speaking in German
- Section of a game in different sports:
- Academic quarter , see academic time
Geography and Politics:
- a general geographical breakdown, see region
- Neighborhood , part of a city
- District of Lower Austria , the parts of Lower Austria
- Quarter of Upper Austria , the regions of Upper Austria
- the historical parts of Styria, see quarter division of Styria 1462
- Viertel (Bremen) , a student and trendy district in Bremen
Outdated:
- various old dimensions in the German-speaking area, see old dimensions and weights (German-speaking area)
- Quarter (unit) , an old German counting, piece and volume measure
- Quarter (yarn measure) , a French yarn measure
Quarter stands for:
- Vierung (heraldry) , a heraldic herald image
Quarters is the family name of the following people:
- Anton Viertel (1841–1912), German classical philologist
- Berthold Viertel (1885–1953), Austrian writer, dramaturge, essayist, director and translator, father of Peter Viertels
- Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel (1900–1994), Austrian actress
- Gabriele Viertel (* 1951), German archivist
- Gabriele Viertel (photo artist) (* 1969), German photographer
- Gert Viertel (1943–2019), German astrophysicist
- Kurt Viertel (1929–2020), German soccer player
- Martin Viertel (1925–2005), German writer
- Moritz Hermann Viertel (1842–1877), German surveyor and university professor
- Oswald Viertel (around 1909 – after 1970), German textile engineer
- Peter Viertel (1920–2007), German-American writer
- Salka Viertel (1889–1978), Austrian-American actress and author
- Torsten Viertel (* 1966), German soccer player
See also:
- Quartered (disambiguation), Quadrature (disambiguation)
- Quarter , quarter one
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