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[ adjective ] denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)I never did miss one in a playoff_game - I kicked about 20 in the five playoff_games my last two years '' . (The New York Times,...)Bill_Jr. , 20 ; Kathy , 15 , and Patricia , 9 , round_out the Shea family . ("Editorials"...)The biggest nuclear device the United_States has exploded measured some 15 megatons , although our B-52s are said to be carrying two 20 - megaton_bombs apiece . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)An amazing article in the Manchester_Guardian of last November , entitled `` Fate of Redundant Churches '' , states than an Archbishops ' Commission `` reported last month that in the Church_of_England alone there are 790 churches which are redundant now , or will be in 20 years ' time . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Both types of tube withstood the pressure of approximately 20 atmospheres exerted by the carbon_tetrachloride at 220 ` . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
Used in print (Your Federal Income Tax. 1962 Edition (Revised to...)( See Chapter 20 . ) (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)The totals for these five categories are not too uneven , namely 20 , 15 , 11 , 16 , 9 respectively . If it were wholly random and unrelated , it would be 2.0 , assuming the five classes were equal in n , which approximately they are . The actual mean of 1.07 being about halfway between 0 of complete correlation and 2.0 of no correlation , it is evident that there is a pretty fair degree of similarity in the behavior even of particular individual items of meaning as regards long-term stem displacement . Related terms |
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