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twentytwenty

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twen⋅ty-twen⋅ty

[twen-tee-twen-tee, twuhn-tee-twuhn-tee]
–adjective
1. Ophthalmology. having normal visual acuity.
2. keenly or acutely perceptive: an opinion based on twenty-twenty hindsight.
Also, 20-20.


Origin:
1935–40
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: twen·ty–twen·ty
Variant: or 20/20 /"twent-E-'twent-E/
Function: adjective
: having the normal visual acuityof the human eye that according to one common scale can distinguish at a distance of 20 feet characters one-third inch in diameter <twenty–twenty vision>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
twenty-twenty or 20/20   (twěn'tē-twěn'tē)  Pronunciation Key 
Having normal visual acuity. A person with twenty-twenty vision can see type as small as one-third of an inch at a distance of twenty feet.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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