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TWENTY-TWENTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twenty-twenty mean? 

TWENTY-TWENTY (noun)
  The noun TWENTY-TWENTY has 1 sense:

1. normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feetplay

  Familiarity information: TWENTY-TWENTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TWENTY-TWENTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Normal visual acuity, as measured by the ability to read charts at a distance of 20 feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

20/20; twenty-twenty

Hypernyms ("twenty-twenty" is a kind of...):

acuity; sharp-sightedness; visual acuity (sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart))


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