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I.Q.
Dictionary entry overview: What does I.Q. mean?
• I.Q. (noun)
The noun I.Q. has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: I.Q. used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
I.Q.; intelligence quotient; IQ
Hypernyms ("I.Q." 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 "I.Q."):
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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