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2 entries found.

  1. twenty–twenty
  2. Tz'u–hsi

Main Entry:
twen·ty–twen·ty Listen to the pronunciation of twenty–twenty
Variant(s):
or 20/20 \-ˈtwen-tē, -ˈtwən-\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
from the testing of vision by reading letters at a distance of 20 feet
Date:
1875
1of the human eye : meeting a standard of normal visual acuity <twenty–twenty vision>2: marked by facilely accurate discernment, judgment, or assessment <hindsight is twenty–twenty>
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