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INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
I.Q.; intelligence quotient; IQ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("intelligence quotient" is a kind of...):
ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intelligence quotient"):
adult intelligence (the average IQ of the adults in a given population)
borderline intelligence (the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance))
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