Meaning

1 senses
  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.

    Intelligenzquotient

    коэффицие́нт интелле́ктаkoefficijént intellékta, IQ, ай-кью́aj-kʹjú

More definitions
  • 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)

Translations

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Origin

Calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.

Calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.

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Forms

plural: intelligence quotients

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in 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):IQI.Q.

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