intelligence quotient
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- noun
- /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns ˈkwoʊʃənt/
- Specialized
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cociente de inteligencia
- Lead poisoning in young children can produce permanent neurological damage, including learning disabilities, reduced intelligence quotient, behavioral problems, and impaired memory.
- intelligence quotient (IQ)
- intelligence quotient score
- maternal intelligence quotient
Examples
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Gifted persons are people with an intelligence quotient over 140 (going by the Binet intelligence test).
Academic text (2008) -
Studies consistently show that, although young people's text-literacy rates are falling, their IQs (intelligence quotients) are rising at an average of three points every 10 years.
Academic text (2012) -
Derek has a low intelligence quotient.
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Age, intelligence quotient, and reading achievement data from each student's educational records are displayed in Table 1.
Academic text (1995) -
IQ, or intelligence quotient, is simply how well you score on an intelligence test.
Blog text (8) -
His intelligence quotient at age 12 was 115, as measured on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised.
Academic text (1990) -
Research based on standardized measures of intellectual functioning (i.e., intelligence quotients) has not been a reliable predictor of candidate suitability.
Academic text (2005) -
In an effort to deal with the limitations of the intelligence quotient (IQ), the 1960 Binet scale revision incorporated Wechsler's deviation IQ methodology.
Academic text (1990) -
Derek has a low intelligence quotient compared to his peers.
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Her intelligence quotient of 130 indicates she is gifted in academics.
Synonyms
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3.3
A number from tests that shows how smart a person is compared to others their age
A number that shows how smart a person is on a standard test
How High
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- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'intelligence' (capacity to learn and reason) plus 'quotient' (a result of division/a numeric ratio) yields the idea of a numerical measure of intelligence. While the exact formula is a technical detail, the core meaning as a numeric score is directly derivable from the constituents and is cross-linguistically recognizable, so a learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Intelligence quotient comes from an early idea to turn a test result into one clear number. A psychologist suggested dividing a child's 'mental age' by their 'real age' and multiplying by 100, so the word quotient, meaning a number made by dividing, joined intelligence, and that's why the phrase means 'a single number that measures intelligence'.