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From encephalize + -ation.
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Today it means: A relative brain size measure defined as the ratio between observed to predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species. Full definition →
From encephalize + -ation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.