intelligence quotient
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noun
- 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.
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Calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.
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