five-by-five
The English word “five-by-five” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
Etymology
From radio communications phrase dating from the 1950s. The first five referred to a rating of signal clarity, the other to reception strength. See Signal strength and readability report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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