intelligence quotient
Meaning
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.
Synonyms
Translations
quociente de inteligência
quotient intellectuel
cociente intelectual
IQ
quoziente d’intelligenza
intelligentiequotiënt quoziente di intelligenza quoziente intellettivo
δείκτης νοημοσύνης
quocient intel·lectualEtymology
In summary
A calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.
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