Stick (unit)
Template:Short description The stick may refer to several separate units, depending on the item being measured. Template:TOC limit Template:Anchor
LengthEdit
In typography, the stick, stickful, or Template:Nowrap was an inexact length based on the size of the various composing sticks used by newspaper editors to assemble pieces of moveable type.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp In English-language papers, it was roughly equal to 2 column inches or 100–150 words.Template:Sfnp In France, Spain, and Italy, sticks generally contained only between 1 and 4 lines of text each.Template:Sfnp A column was notionally equal to 10 sticks.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
MassEdit
In American cooking, a Template:Nowrap is taken to be 4 ounces (about 113 g).Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp
VolumeEdit
In American cooking, a stick of butter may also be understood as ½ cup or 8 tablespoons (about 118 mL).Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp