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Intelligence quotient
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.
- 2 a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100) wordnet
Etymology
Calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.
See also for "intelligence quotient"
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